Word: environmentalism
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One of the reasons that the drop in economic activity has accelerated is that there is no mechanism in place to cope with a failure of this magnitude. The world in which The Great Depression played itself out predated the globalization of credit and economic interdependence. Even the worst of...
In her initial analysis, Schmidt found that babies who spent more time in front of the TV performed worse on language and motor-skill tests at age 3 than those who watched less. But once Schmidt and her team controlled for other factors - the mother's educational status and household...
...residential housing complex, intended to provide “low or moderate income” housing. Residents at the meeting said that the affected communities—Belmont, Arlington, and Cambridge—might see more harm than good come of the proposed development. They cited potential environmental and public health concerns as reasons for the Council to pass a resolution that would put a hold on any permits requested by the developer, Pennsylvania-based O’Neill Properties. Building on the small river floodplain forest could exacerbate the existing drainage and flooding problems of the area, said Terre...
It also creates a less stressful environment and protects against child abuse and neglect, and those reductions can in turn cut children's risks of later engaging in crime and suffering from addiction, mental illness, obesity and cardiovascular disease. The key, according to Olds' research, begins with properly trained nurses...
Will Clinton and special envoy George Mitchell have a more difficult challenge as mediators if hard-line Likud leader Benjamin Netanyahu is Prime Minister? Historically, it has been more challenging for American Administrations to deal with Likud-led governments in Israel. But I never believed that, on issues that are...