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...good relationships so good for our health? Seeman suggests two mechanisms. The first is behavioral: family and friends encourage loved ones to eat better, consume less alcohol, curb tobacco use, exercise and seek medical care. Second, good relationships appear to enhance actual physical well-being. In experiments, the presence of a friend decreased physiological stress responses in subjects performing difficult mental tasks, whereas unsupportive social situations increased them...
...brothers hid underneath a bed, emerging to beg the cops not to take their mom and dad to jail.But it was Homer and Frankie who were eventually taken away. One morning, as the boys played on the sidewalk in front of their home, a car stopped shy of the curb. Two men in suits jumped out and grabbed them. The men dragged the brothers, screaming, into the car, then drove them to a clinic, where somebody gave them a tranquilizer shot...
...including India and China. They are right that excluding India and China from the treaty exempts the world's two most populous nations from contributing to the reduction of global CO2-emissions. The ultimate goal must be to include all developed and developing countries in a joint effort to curb the world's greenhouse gas emissions, but this cannot happen without U.S. leadership...
...will sharpen the political dilemma posed by the latest cease-fire for Prime Minister Ehud Barak. Israel had begun withdrawing some of its tanks from the outskirts of Palestinian neighborhoods Thursday, and Arafat's police were seen breaking up demonstrations around Israeli checkpoints following the agreement to try and curb the violence that has claimed 173 lives over the past five weeks...
...Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and Kim Jong Il held their own talks last week, which resulted in a promise by North Korea to curb its missile operations in exchange for food, medical supplies and other forms of assistance...