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Between 1997 and 2007, the number of children under 18 who suffered from food allergies jumped 17%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts don't disagree that the incidence of food allergies has increased, but there isn't much consensus as to why. Some researchers suggest that an overly hygienic lifestyle may hamper the body's ability to build up proper immunities; others believe the statistical rise is a combination of a real increase in allergies and an increase in the number of patients seeking diagnosis (i.e., getting allergy tests that turn up very low levels...
...four players were in double figures. Junior guard Jeremy Lin led the way with 17 points, and junior forward Doug Miller scored a career-best 15 points. Senior guard Drew Housman had 16, and freshman forward Peter Boehm added 13.Harvard used this balance, as well as some excellent ball control and defense, to overcome a big size disadvantage against the Broncos (7-8). Led by 6’10, 275 lbs. center John Bryant, Santa Clara out-rebounded the Crimson, 42-24, but committed 20 turnovers against just six for Harvard.“We knew they were going...
...week, Israel kept its troops poised for action at the edge of Gaza. But after seven days of aerial bombardment - and much grumbling in the Israeli military about indecisiveness on the part of the political leadership - the order finally came on Saturday evening to invade the Palestinian territory controlled by Hamas. Following an artillery barrage aimed at detonating buried explosives and mines, Israeli armored columns began moving into Gaza in an apparent attempt to take control of areas used by Palestinian militants to fire rockets into southern Israel. Israeli officials stressed that the objective was to deal further punishing blows...
...security cooperation between his forces and those of the Israelis. Abbas can't afford to do that, however. Israel's Gaza campaign has actually strengthened Hamas politically, even in the West Bank, while further weakening Abbas. Without his cooperation with Israel, Abbas knows that Hamas could easily take control of the West Bank too. The longer the Israeli offensive continues, the greater the damage to all the Arab moderates the U.S. has been hoping to rally in an alliance against the likes of Iran, Syria, Hamas and Hizballah. Knowledge that pummeling by the Israelis will shift more political support from...
...northern tip of the teardrop-shaped island and one of the main supply routes into Mullaitivu, the thick jungle areas where the LTTE is believed to base its operations. Symbolically, Kilinochchi is more important. The 463 square mile (1,200 sq. km.) district it governs has been under LTTE control for more than 10 years, ever since the Sri Lankan Army lost a battle known as Operation Unceasing Waves in September...