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...pool lovers say the game is a confidence booster for nonathletic kids, an intellectual challenge and a great way to socialize. Joshua Dobrzynski, who used to think "hitting pool balls around was senseless," was hooked once he tried it. He says the appeal of pool, which has surpassed even video games in his affections, is the adrenaline rush of the balls' "clacking." Chicago cop Debra Spraggins, who takes lessons with her son Nick, 12, says the focus on angles has helped him in math class, and the game has provided a refreshing way for her and Nick to spend time...
...catalogs. S.D. Deacon, a construction company based in Portland, Ore., gives new hires $100 to decorate their cubicles, "just to make it feel homey," says an administrator, "since we're here so much." In today's labor market, in which simply getting a paycheck can qualify as a morale booster, some firms are providing inexpensive stress reducers that have the added benefit of squeezing more work out of their staff...
...novices had their best race of the year,” Brown said. “It’s a nice confidence booster for them...
...still contradictory. A few large epidemiological studies support the health claims, but others do not. Smaller experiments, like the Brigham and Women's study, can only hint at theoretical benefits. They don't prove anything. Even if tea does turn out to be some kind of general immune-system booster, the effect can't be that strong. After all, there are millions of tea drinkers in China, and yet diseases like SARS somehow manage to take hold and spread...
Finally, a word about the different types of tea. There is only one true tea plant, Camellia sinensis. (Herbal teas are made from other plants.) The main varieties--black, green and oolong--reflect different processing techniques. If tea is in fact an immune booster, you would expect all three varieties to be equally effective since they are all broken down by the body into molecules that mimic bacterial proteins. There are differences, however, in the types and amounts of disease-preventing antioxidants various teas contain. Green tea has more of the chemically simpler antioxidants called catechins, whereas black tea contains...