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Smith's recorded performances reflect hints of the multi-layered meanings, beyond the literal content of the lyrics, with which blues women often endowed the songs they sang. In fact, looking at early women's blues from a modern perspective, we can detect emerging feminist themes...
Resident tutors, the foot soldiers of the Houseadvising system, must juggle their classes, jobsand lives with knowing 20 to 40 students wellenough to detect early warning signs ofdepression, eating disorders or substance abuse...
...doctor finds an abnormal result, she will repeat the test over a period of months to make sure the reading isn't a fluke. She'll also check whether other conditions, like kidney disease, could be the source of the trouble. Because hypertension can be hard to detect, the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute recommends annual blood-pressure checks for every child over...
Among other scientists, the reaction to the study has been mostly positive--but questions remain. Even if human pheromones exist, it's not clear how the body processes them. Mammals and reptiles detect pheromones with a tiny nasal cavity called a vomeronasal organ, or VNO. Anatomists don't think humans have a VNO and aren't sure we would need one to perceive pheromones. Though a few researchers think they've found telltale pits just inside the nostrils, these may do nothing...
...there's no cause for alarm -- at least, not until 2002, when the rock will be close enough for radar to detect its exact course. That leaves three decades for scientists to decide whether or not to nuke the thing -- and for Hollywood to produce a plethora of asteroid Armageddon flicks...