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...values and tastes acquired as a result of class background also serve to deter students of different class backgrounds from socializing together...
...clear visibility over Qana. Despite a push from Boutros- Ghali for a resolution condemning Israel for the attack, the U.S. has so far prevented a condemnation, arguing that assessing blame could hinder efforts at reaching a cease-fire. "It remains to be seen to what extent the Americans can deter or sidetrack the condemnation of Israel," Marlowe says. "In Europe and the Arab world, feelings are running pretty high right...
...their young lives a competitive and action-packed quest for self-improvement. Others let the kids do whatever they want, sipping and tasting from an array of options and following their own pleasure. Jessica Dubroff may have been a victim of both approaches. While it is often difficult to deter a child who is genuinely passionate about an activity or whose unusual talent sweeps her away into tournament tennis or the Broadway theater, some parents have a disturbing tendency to forget that children are just that: children. "The key is balance," says David Fassler, child and adolescent psychiatrist at Choate...
Drunk driving--and liver disease--should be enough to deter people from alcohol. Research on rats indicates that even one binge may raise the risk that undiagnosed cancer cells will spread. Rats injected with ALCOHOL AND CANCER cells grew more tumors than abstemious ones...
...assassinate one of the four presidential candidates, Taiwan's government has stepped up security measures as tensions mount before elections scheduled for March 23. Officials have increased the number of bodyguards assigned to each candidate from 39 to 45 as a precautionary measure. "Since China seemingly failed to deter the elections through military intimidation," says TIME's Oscar Chiang, "the Taiwanese are speculating that China is trying to disrupt elections by attempting to assassinate one of the candidates." Chiang reports that Taiwanese law stipulates that if any candidate is killed or disabled, the elections must be canceled. Taiwanese television reported...