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Sitting in traffic can certainly be infuriating enough to raise your blood pressure. But new research shows that traffic can raise your blood pressure and put your heart at risk in a more direct way - by exposing you to the pollution in exhaust fumes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Air Pollution Can Damage the Heart | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

...light of Bob's decision to take on this exciting new assignment, I have requested that communications resources in the Harvard Public Affairs and Communications office cover the responsibilities associated with the position of FAS Director of Communications, as well as oversee Bob's direct reports. In the coming months we will transition a number of communications functions within the FAS to this central office. The goal is to create a new structure that better serves our communication needs and does so in a more cost-effective manner...

Author: By Bonnie J. Kavoussi | Title: It's Not a Consolidation — It's a Promotion | 9/9/2009 | See Source »

...equally high hopes for Smile Pinki. He notes that if just 1 in 100 people who order the DVD decide to become donors, it will have a vastly better success rate than most direct-mail programs. "Most charities would be horrified by all of this," he admits. "If you went to most boards and said you wanted to spend a quarter of a million dollars on a documentary that doesn't even mention the name of the charity, they'd be appalled. But this was the best $250,00 any charity ever spent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Psst! Want a Free DVD of an Oscar-Winning Film? | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

...Playing a more direct brand of soccer, the Crimson dominated the final exchanges of the first half and continued to bombard the Seawolves’ goal after the break...

Author: By Jay M. Cohen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Rides Offensive Outburst to Victory over Stony Brook | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

...good old days, Afghan President Hamid Karzai would dial into a weekly videoconference call with his buddy George W. Bush. No longer. The Obama Administration cut Karzai's direct access to the White House earlier this year. The new Administration views Karzai's corrupt and flailing presidency as a big reason that the Taliban and al-Qaeda are regaining so much ground in Afghanistan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can the U.S. Still Work with Afghanistan's Karzai? | 9/8/2009 | See Source »

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