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Since I was eight or so, I have had a special niche in my world-classification for college students. Distinct from full-fledged adults (tax-paying car-washers in Southern California), yet certainly not of the same species of the younger student (the grade school variety who reach water-fountains and recognize pop songs with ease), college students were strident independents, free spirits mastering maturity, dabbling along...
...there is growing evidence that giving some children, particularly those under age 5, a sedative before an operation helps minimize the anxiety later on. That seems only logical, and yet less than 20% of children in parts of the U.S. are given a sedative--a calming drug that is distinct from anesthesia--before surgery, in contrast to 75% of adults. The push to change the way youngsters are prepped got a big boost this spring when Dr. Zeev Kain of Yale reported that in the first week after an operation, children given the liquid form of midazolam (the most commonly...
...student center is a distinct departure from the past," Anderson says. "It will have a cafe, a place for computers, and students can view lectures or sporting events...
...student center is a distinct departure from the past," Anderson says. "It will have a cafe, a place for computers, and students can view lectures or sporting events...
...opportunity to expand production of the new M-class suv without paying the exorbitant costs of a new factory. In an odd twist, Mercedes saves more than $70 million by shipping components from its plant in Tuscaloosa, Ala., back to Europe for assembly alongside the Jeep. "There was the distinct opinion on the Mercedes side that we would never build a Mercedes under a Chrysler roof," says Schrempp, with a smug grin. "We're doing it already...