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Young men are still more likely than young women to get arrested, crash their cars or fight in school. But while men's rates of risky behavior are falling, women's are either holding level or rising--a sign, experts say, that male-oriented prevention and treatment programs need to change...
Although drivers ages 15 to 20 have dramatically reduced their alcohol-related fatal traffic accidents, the number of girls involved in other deadly crashes has increased since 1982 while it has fallen for boys. The likelihood that a 16-year-old girl will have an accident has increased almost 10% since 1990--and cars with two or more teens inside are twice as likely to crash as cars in which a teen is driving solo...
Perhaps most tragically of all, Herbert Hoover's prejudices may have led him to mishandle the economy after the Crash...
...last week with the launch of a spacecraft that takes the nation one step closer to bringing Mao memorabilia to the moon. In an ambiguous sign of technological self-confidence, the Shenzhou 3 rocket carried not snails-they were part of the payload during a mission last year-but crash-test dummies, which sent back simulated heartbeats and voices. (Ordinary Chinese could relate, being familiar with the National People's Congress.) While in orbit, the craft also captured digital images of Earth that notebook hopes will answer the age-old trivia question: is the Great Wall really visible from space...
...Humanity manual labor. The adventurous can backpack through Europe or Asia. The science-concentrating seniors may journey to Cambridge’s illustrious bio labs to complete their theses. The semi-secret Sorrento Square social organization which used to occasionally publish a so-called humor magazine might choose to crash at Hugh Hefner’s Playboy mansion in Los Angeles...