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...course, it's not uncommon for people to drop out of the rat race in favor of more spiritual pursuits. Still, Christie's decision to join the Church of England put him decidedly outside the mainstream. The Church's membership has dwindled dramatically over the past few decades, and Christie says he realizes that the days when vicars were automatically viewed as respected community figures are long gone. "Being a clergyman doesn't have much moral authority these days," he says. And as a vicar, he says he sometimes struggles to balance demands for what people...
...1930s: Auto sales drop; labor unrest rises, as does the U.A.W.; Congress passes labor-relations laws as part of the New Deal...
Europe's overhaul of its sugar-tariff regime in November and the resulting 4.5 million-ton decline in its exports have exacerbated shortages. Now sugar users in the U.S. are clamoring for the government to drop its quotas after last year's hurricanes drove the already artificially high domestic price up 25¢ a pound in a year. By law, the U.S. Department of Agriculture can't allow more than 1 million tons of sugar imports annually without a change in policy. Says USDA senior economist Larry Salathe: "It certainly looks like we're going to need...
...Percentage drop in the occurrence of ovarian cancer in women who regularly take nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, such as Advil or Aleve, according to a new study in Epidemiology. Aspirin users had the lowest risk--37% lower than that of nonusers...
...Head TF Megan R. Luke e-mailed students in the course Saturday morning to explain the issue and offer the option to drop the first section, with a deadline of noon yesterday. Seven students had opted to drop Part I from their grade as of late yesterday morning, she wrote in an e-mail to The Crimson...