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...that's precisely the danger, says Nixon, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Florida who specializes in substance abuse. She and her colleagues wanted to study the effects of a relatively small amount of alcohol, the amount adults - mature adults, that is - might typically consume at dinner or in other social settings where drinking isn't the main event. Researchers tailored the composition of their cocktails - a mixture of medical-grade alcohol and limeade - to the participants' weight and gender, to achieve an average blood-alcohol content of .04%, half the legal driving limit in most states...
...danger is that the victims of the world's worst crimes are lost in all this noise. In Sudan's case, that would be the 300,000 dead and 2.7 million who have been forced to flee their homes in Darfur. Global justice might be tough to implement. Those figures are why it's worth trying...
...some measures, such unlikely spots are in even more danger than California, which is suffering a brutal real estate slump after years of speculative excess. That's because Midwesterners owe more on their properties than left coasters. The average loan-to-value ratio in California is 70%, while Nebraska and Iowa clock in at 75% and 76%, respectively. As the recession deepens and home prices continue to slide, there are fewer and fewer places to hide...
...danger is that the victims of the world's worst crimes will be lost in all this noise. In Sudan's case, that would be the 300,000 dead and 2.7 million refugees the U.N. has counted in Darfur. Global justice might be tough to implement. Those figures are why it's worth trying...
...evaluative capacity. And it can be just another part of the whole repertoire of attending to a text—it doesn’t have to be a sort of “thumbs up, thumbs down” thing.8. FM: I guess that’s the danger?JW: Yes, that’s the danger, and I think that’s why academics sometimes don’t do it. But I feel [to leave criticism out] is wrong.9. FM: You published a novel of your own, “The Book Against God?...