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...tissues. This in turn weakens the body's ability to resist viral infection, and the vicious cycle plays itself out ad infinitum. It's unclear whether the viruses cause the disease or the disease causes the viruses. It is known that Graves' Disease is hereditary to a certain extent, although there is no clear way to predict when it will develop, in whom or under what circumstances...
...Year is its refusal to pay any attention to the electronic clamor of American life. There is scarcely a TV set to be found in the entire novel. Recorded music appears fleetingly as an intrusive annoyance. Irving's people crave old-fashioned peace and quiet, and to a large extent they get it. All the book's major characters are or become writers--during the course of a long story that spans nearly four decades. The novel is made up of both what they experience and what they tell...
...that make up anyone's personality? Hamer is not content merely to ask such questions; he is trying to answer them as well. A pioneer in the field of molecular psychology, Hamer is exploring the role genes play in governing the very core of our individuality. To a remarkable extent, his work on what might be called the gay, thrill-seeking and quit-smoking genes reflects his own genetic predispositions...
...club dates back to a golden era of House crew in the 1930s, when President Lowell's original seven river Houses were new and participation in athletics was required. Lowell strove to create a college system modeled after that of Oxford and Cambridge Universities, to the extent of placing the new Houses on the river...
...issues relating to child labor is advocating a blanket ban on such practices. Unfortunately, such a reaction, while completely understandable and certainly well intentioned, often overlooks the complexity of the underlying issues which govern labor market conditions in poorer countries. In fact, these bans are counterproductive to the extent that they may harm the very segments of society which they aim to protect: The trouble with a blanket ban on the use of child labor, for example, is that it will never make the problem go away, and may possibly even exacerbate it by shifting the focus away from...