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...country's nearly 7,000 local health departments, which still must train hospitals and physicians in how to spot and treat the symptoms of bioterrorism. "We haven't really gotten stuff done yet," says Tara O'Toole, a biodefense expert at Johns Hopkins University. Government researchers are also playing catch-up: a recent Defense Department analysis found that the U.S. has countermeasures against only a third of the most likely bioterror pathogens. And like Osama bin Laden, those responsible for the anthrax terror remain at large...
Harvard always introduces exams with a generous week-and-a-half holiday they call reading period. During these ten days, students have the opportunity to write final papers, study for finals and catch-up on any material passed over during the semester. The design of reading period fits Harvard students to the T; not only does it gives diligent students ample time to pace their studying, but it also gives the procrastinators among us generous opportunity to further postpone their paper-writing and cramming...
...Meanwhile, Helder's bewildered parents are tearfully playing catch-up with their son, trying to maintain contact between prison transfers. "We told him we love him," they declared after speaking with Luke on Thursday. "And we're praying for the families of the victims." Let's hope somebody's doing the same for the Helders...
Science, which has long focused on the effects of alcohol on men and boys, has been playing catch-up as well. Simple observation tells us that women tend to get drunk more quickly than men. Now we're learning precisely why: women's bodies have a higher ratio of fat to water, so alcohol is less diluted when it enters the bloodstream. They also have lower levels of an enzyme that helps break down alcohol. Emerging research shows that liquor also corrodes women's bodies more quickly. As adults, women tend to develop liver disease 10 to 15 years earlier...
What about alumni largess? Here too Oxford is playing catch-up to the U.S. With the government trying to wean many cultural and educational institutions from state funding, virtually all of them have started to hustle the same limited group of donors. But middle-class Brits are a tough sell, because tax breaks have not been as generous as in the U.S. and because they graduated when government picked up the whole...