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When the euro was launched in 2002, it was celebrated as a triumph of monetary unity. The 16 nations in the so-called euro zone could certainly use another dose of that founding spirit today. As questions mount about the very future of the currency due to the ongoing Greek debt crisis, there seems to be more anger in parts of Europe over Greece's financial recklessness than a willingness to save Planet Euro from imploding by bailing Athens out. That's certainly the case in Germany and France - the two largest euro zone economies - whose peeved taxpayers will have...
...field. Imagine the SATs being 10 times as hard as they are now (especially the math part), having only one chance to take the SATs every year, and having your scores completely determine which college you were admitted to. You’d probably cut your daily two-hour dose of hoops and instead spend the time on math problems...
...years ago, Jamie Nesi, a case manager for special-ed children in Bellport, N.Y., received a diagnosis of mild depression. Her doctor prescribed a low dose of Prozac, which eased her symptoms. In 2005, Nesi, then 33, got pregnant, and at her gynecologist's recommendation, she discontinued the medication. For the first two trimesters, things went smoothly. "It was my first child, and everyone said I was having a perfect pregnancy," said Nesi in a phone interview...
...avoided people, kept crying a lot, didn't eat properly and even had second thoughts about having a baby," Nesi says. At Nesi's prodding, her obstetrician referred her to a psychiatrist, who suggested that she get back on a low dose of antidepressants. "It was a very difficult decision," says Nesi. "I spoke to my husband, and we finally decided that [taking antidepressants] was the right thing to do." (See how to prevent illness...
...Religion answers to many needs, so just showing that there are no good strict, logical, scientific grounds is not going to remove religion. I think that it will always be with us and, as long as it’s controlled with a little dose of skepticism, it’s good. One does hope for a little bit of doubt to be seeded into religion, that would be a hopeful thing...