Word: blanco
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...study, which was authored by Columbia University psychology professor Carlos Blanco, found that 45.8 percent of college students and 47.7 percent of 18- to 24-year-olds who do not attend college have at least one disorder...
...Blanco, who is also the associate director of the Anxiety and Disorders Clinic at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, said he thinks the college student group exhibits a greater incidence of alcohol-related disorders because of alcohol’s availability on campuses...
RECORD SET. By RAMON BLANCO SUAREZ, 60, Venezuelan guitar maker, in becoming the oldest person to climb to the 29,028-ft. summit of Mount Everest; in Nepal...
...Blanco's comment was a less-than-subtle reference to the Popular Party's strategy, over the past four years, of harshly criticizing the government on everything from its dealings with the Basque separatist group ETA to its legalization of gay marriage. Although the election of 2004 opened a deep breach between right and left in Spanish society, Spain today is even more polarized today than it was four years...
...During the campaign, the Socialists made clear that if re-elected they would continue their progressive social agenda-including mandating equal salaries for men and women and gradually shutting down nuclear power plants. "The Spain of 2012 will be better than the Spain of 2008," promised party spokesperson Blanco after the victory. But with an emboldened opposition party standing in its way, any change will be bitterly fought, and Blanco's prediction may be hard to fulfill...