Word: differences
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Harvard has devised a more equitable application form for international applicants that takes into account educational experiences that differ from the American model. International admissions officers travel the world to visit schools and make people aware of the many possibilities for university education that exist. These officers should take special care to seek out students in the public education system, rather than in elite "international" schools...
...obvious that the values of women differ very often from the values which have been made by the other sex...It is the masculine values that prevail...
Women's hearts also differ markedly from men's. Not only does cardiovascular disease strike women later in life, but blood cholesterol levels seem to play a somewhat different role in female patients. Dr. John Crouse, a lipids researcher at Bowman Gray School of Medicine in North Carolina, notes that women seem to be less vulnerable than men to high levels of LDL, the so-called bad cholesterol, and more vulnerable to low levels of HDL, the "good" cholesterol. Diets that reduce both levels, such as the one promoted by the American Heart Association, may actually harm women, Crouse argues...
Clearly, preventing heart disease is better than trying to reverse it once the process starts. Experts differ on the best mix of prevention strategies, but they agree on one thing: Americans should cut down on the fat in their diet. Otherwise, they could be eating themselves into an early grave...
Many newspapers seek to reinvent the format. But they differ sharply about what tack to take. Some, including the Philadelphia Inquirer and Dallas Morning News, carry more national and international coverage, believing readers have had their horizons broadened by TV. Others, including the Boston Herald and NewarkStar Ledger, seem to feel their best chance at survival is to stay resolutely local...