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...Montville, N.J., is a three-decade-long Kiss fan who started collecting Stanley's work in 2007 and now owns more than a dozen paintings. "It strikes a chord in me," he says of the art. "It's the use of colors that appeal to me, the overall effect that it achieves...
...dealing with Iran? Will increased cooperation with Russia undermine ties with Georgia and the Ukraine? How heavily will Obama’s administration prioritize aid to Africa? Will he get anywhere on the road map to a Middle East peace? Will cooperation over the financial crisis suffice to effect a real rapprochement with our traditional Western European allies? Yet, in the long run, the most important question in American foreign policy remains what level of engagement we will seek with China. And, as Hillary Clinton’s recent trip to Asia demonstrates, the most worthwhile strategy for pursuing Sino...
...While Schmidt's study found no benefit, it ultimately found no negative effect of watching TV. The researcher offers a few reasons: for one, the children in her study reported less time viewing TV and DVDs than previous surveys of the same-age population; it's possible that her study group did not meet the threshold dose of TV exposure that triggered the negative effects found in Christakis' research. Schmidt's study also stopped following the toddlers at age 3; she acknowledges that some cognitive changes may not occur until children are a few years older...
...that admissions officers will now be occupying their time with e-mailing and telephoning prospective applicants identified by the College Board, rather than traveling. “Because we will be contacting people in a more robust way in the mail and online, we believe we will be more effective rather than less effective because we are going directly to the individuals,” Fitzsimmons said. Cutting back on high school visits has been on the table for some time now, said Fitzsimmons. He said that these visits are only sparsely attended and attracting promising applicants in this setting...
...that has significant support among Republicans: changing the tax treatment of employer-provided health benefits, so that they might not be fully deductible for companies that provide them, and would be treated as income for the workers who receive them. Health-care experts say this would have the effect of encouraging more people to buy their insurance individually, rather than getting it where they work. This approach has been criticized by many Democrats - including Obama, when John McCain embraced a version of it during the election campaign - who contend that relying on the individual market would put health-care consumers...