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...best hedge against osteoporosis is strong, dense bones formed during younger years. But a U.S. Public Health survey found that women from 18 to 44 get a daily average of calcium that ranges from 679 mg for the youngest group to 603 mg for the oldest. Some physicians contend that Americans can get necessary amounts by consuming more calcium-rich foods, especially milk and dairy products. Others, questioning whether women will change their diets sufficiently, see a need for pills and fortified foods. That raises the question of what scientists call bioavailability: How much of the mineral...
...dedicated to her work, is a dedicated teacher, and spends a great deal of time working with her students. She raises excellent questions,” Vogel says of his former student, teaching fellow, and colleague.REASONS FOR REJECTIONDespite these considerable qualifications, those professors who voted against Skocpol for tenure contended then and still contend that her gender had nothing to do with her rejection.“It is absolutely the truth that the department was leaning over backwards and really gave her considerable advantage because she’s a woman,” emeritus Andelot professor of sociology...
...that time, it was very circumscribed when women could come and visit and they had to be signed in and signed out,” Breed says. “Consequently, people looked forward to living off campus so they wouldn’t have those rules to contend with.”...AND MATHER MAKES TENThe vision that Pusey articulated in 1956 resulted in construction that allowed the University to increase its enrollment from roughly 1,150 per class in the mid-fifties to about 1,600 two decade later. In 1959, the University opened Quincy House, the first...
...dubious. Members of Congress, as well as military sources, have confirmed the critical details of TIME's initial report--that after gunning down the five fleeing the taxi, a few members of Kilo Company moved through four homes along nearby streets, killing 19 men, women and children. The Marines contend they took small-arms fire from at least one house, but as TIME's story detailed in March, only one of the 19 victims was found with a weapon...
...comments brought to light what many Democrats contend is really beneath the fight over immigration - a hint of racism or nativism. "I have no doubt that some of those involved in the debate have their position based on fear and perhaps racism because of what's happening demographically in the country," says Ken Salazar, Democratic Senator from Colorado. A Senate Democratic leadership aide is more blunt: "A lot of the anti-immigration movement is jingoistic at best and racist at worst. There is a fear of white people being over run by darker-skinned people...