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...glucose, Belenky explains. Using computerized scanners that provide images in real time, he and his colleagues have shown that the brain's ability to use glucose drops off dramatically after being awake 24 hours, indicating a decrease in brain activity--despite the fact that there's still plenty of glucose available. The biggest drops occur in exactly those areas of the cortex that anticipate and integrate emotion and reason. After 24 hours, however, the drop-off stabilizes. "But performance doesn't level off," Belenky notes. "It continues to tank." Why? No one knows...
...annually by the Institute of International Education, shows a 2.4 percent drop in the number of international students enrolled in U.S. colleges and universities during the 2003-2004 academic year. This decrease—the first in more than 30 years—comes at the heels of a drop-off in rate of growth in 2002-2003, which officials in the higher education community attribute to post-Sept. 11 visa restrictions and regulations...
...Western European women were having an average of 2.4 children each in 1970. But as women pursued higher education, increased their role in the workforce and started having babies later, that figure has fallen to 1.5 last year. In the newer member states of Central and Eastern Europe, the drop-off has been even deeper. That means that the population of the E.U. - plus candidate countries Bulgaria and Romania, expected to join by 2007 - could drop from 482 million today to 454 million by 2050. In the same period, the E.U.'s working age population is projected to drop...
...believed to make more household viewing choices. But you wouldn't have known it by watching lately. Like post-9/11 politics, much post-9/11 TV has been manly and daddy-oriented. The networks have churned out CSI clones that have mostly male leads. After a ratings drop-off among young men last fall, executives blamed new shows starring women (Karen Sisco, Miss Match). Family sitcoms hew to the formula of lumpy guy with hot, smart but secondary wife. Bush's answer to the "strong women" question--that he learned "to listen to them"--was According to Jim politics...
...When we planned it, we had no idea it was going to come down to Game 7,” said Harvard Dems President Andy J. Frank ’05, a Red Sox fan. “We figured there was going to be a big drop-off if we tried to do it. It’s a historic thing, and we didn’t want to deny [people] the chance to see it. We can easily do it tomorrow...