Word: coxing
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...Passion’s $200 million gross so far has attracted criticism that the film exploits religion. Hollis Professor of Divinity Harvey Cox walked out of the movie half-way through. He complains, “The whole thing is a disaster and I’m particularly annoyed and resentful that Mr. Gibson’s going to make an awful lot of money on it. It’s gotten a lot of free publicity and I’m sorry that I’m contributing...
Harvey G. Cox Jr., Thomas professor of divinity, is requiring his class Religion 1076, “Fundamentalisms,” to see the movie over spring break...
...years, researchers have shown that folks who take daily doses of aspirin - which is known to block COX2 - are less likely to develop precancerous growths called polyps. The problem with aspirin, however, is that it can also cause internal bleeding. Then in 2000, researchers showed that Celebrex, another COX-2 inhibitor that is less likely than aspirin to cause bleeding, also reduces the number of polyps in the large intestine...
...should you be taking Celebrex to prevent colon cancer? It's still too early to say. Clearly COX-2 is one of the factors in colon cancer. "But I don't think it's the exclusive answer," says Ray DuBois, director of cancer prevention at the Vanderbilt-Ingram Cancer Center in Nashville, Tenn. "There are a lot of other components that need to be explored...
...Last year stocks of companies that lost money rose 132%, while those of companies that posted a profit rose just 43%. Rising rates have a way of dampening speculation and should bring safety (and sanity) back into focus. So stick with blue chips that pay a dividend. The Dodge & Cox Stock Fund is a long-run winner. And let the Fed worry about politics...