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...cares? As long as travelers feel confident in their safety—that is, as long as the TSA and the airlines can simulate an environment of airtight security—then it’s business as usual. If the illusion is really good, it might even deter terrorists from trying any new plots. But we shouldn’t be fooled by the false impression of safety: extra X-ray machines don’t by themselves add up to extra security. In the meantime, I suppose we also shouldn’t be lured into a false...
Nevertheless, Perlman is not letting the widespread apathy towards musicals at Harvard deter him from that path. He plans to graduate in January, 2005 and to write an original play as his thesis. That, in turn, may lead to a future with directing and theater beyond graduation...
Morani said that another work security provision in the current contract—an extension of wages and benefits for up to three months for laid-off employees looking for work—has failed in its aim to deter the University from laying off employees...
Though Morani and Jaeger said they are trying to negotiate policies that will deter or cushion layoffs, some HUCTW members said they would prefer that the union instead negotiate for the ultimate work security: a no-layoffs clause...
...zeroes in on "FALSE FAT," water retention triggered either by dehydration (ah, the irony) or by common allergies or sensitivities to a trio of sin foods (wheat, dairy and sugar). Her fat-flushing, "liver-loving" low-carb diet calls for drinking eight glasses of cranberry water a day to deter water retention and help clean up cellulite, plus a glass of hot water with fresh lemon juice to aid fat metabolism and stall carbohydrate digestion...