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...almost any field of law they are not inclined to break out and start smashing paradigms," said David Beatty, a University of Toronto law professor. "It's cautious in most areas of its work. If this case is going to ask it to do anything beyond the norm, [the court] will be a chameleon...
...with Harry Houdini's ability to pick locks while holding his breath, Kavalier has escaped Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia by hiding in a coffin containing the mythic Golem of Prague, and yearns to make enough money to help his family flee Adolph Hitler, or Attila Haxoff as Kavalier's overly cautious boss at Empire Comics insists on calling the dictator...
...current programs, which tend to focus on sexually transmitted diseases and condom-wearing bananas, clearly aren't getting the message across. One can hardly believe the cautious programs we now have could make a difference, in the face of a culture that, in its music and movie theaters, glamorizes sex without responsibility. A strong endorsement of sex education and contraceptive use is not typical of anti-abortion activists, but a policy without it is irresponsible...
Ranson agrees that a defensive investment strategy--which would include large-cap tech and drug stocks--is best if you're planning to stay in the market. But he advises being very cautious as the recent rate hikes filter down. With the Dow down for the year, NASDAQ basically flat and the S&P up only 2.5%, Ranson says investors may get better overall returns from cash rather than stocks. His suggestion: wait until 2001 to invest more heavily, or at least until there's solid evidence that the Fed's moves have actually succeeded in cooling the economy...
...kids, who were exposed to other children earlier and more often, experienced more infections and wheezing. But after they turned six years old, their risk of asthma was less than half that of the children who had enrolled in day care after they were six months old. The researchers' cautious conclusion, according to co-author Anne Wright: "More infectious disease early in life might afford a lifetime protection...