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...were ruled out, as were cigarette smokers, substance abusers and the extremely overweight. However, several participants in both age groups were taking over-the-counter or prescription medications for conditions ranging from depression to high blood pressure, a situation that accurately reflects the general population, says Nixon. Researchers deliberately chose "young" adults around 30 to make sure they were at least several years removed from the undergraduate binge-drinking culture. She notes that the less consistently people binge-drink, the more vulnerable they become to the effects, and after-effects, of alcohol (which is why you rarely hear a college...
Although he is considered a Raulista, Rodriguez remains a relatively unknown entity in the Castro hierarchy. As experts like Mora point out, it's too soon to tell if Raúl chose Rodriguez with a proactive U.S.-Cuba mission in mind or simply to have a professional but nondescript bureaucrat warm the Foreign Minster's seat. Raúl already consults a small core of foreign policy veterans on U.S. policy, including Jorge Bolaños, Cuba's de facto ambassador in Washington, and Fernando Remírez de Estenoz, one of Cuba's most respected diplomats...
...embargo before he delivers his own, like releasing jailed dissidents, surely knows he'll have to give a little on his side to crack the embargo. The Cuban Taliban was certainly not the man for a diplomatic challenge like that. So if Raúl is smart, he chose his new Foreign Minister to be more than just a figurehead - and if Obama is wise, the White House will make the effort to engage the new man at Cuba's Foreign Ministry...
...Since then, plans for diplomacy in Latin America have largely fallen by the wayside. The first Western Hemispheric country to receive attention from the U.S. was not Mexico, but Canada. It is questionable as to why Obama chose to personally acknowledge the needs of Canada first when other countries in our part of the world have much more pressing needs...
...chose to go to Harvard because I would have two of the best workout partners in the country [O’Connor and Jantzen], I loved the coaching staff, and I felt at home on the campus,” Peppelman says. “Not to mention it’s the number one academic institution in the world...