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...consumed per American. Binge drinking, defined as putting away the equivalent of a whole bottle of wine in a night, is practiced at least once a week by 36% of British men ages 16 to 24 and by 27% of women. It leaves a trail of social debris--crime, fatal accidents, unsafe sex, date rapes, even an uptick in liver disease among those in their 20s. In places like Croydon, where the economy gets a big boost from vertical-drinking palaces that can compete for customers as far as 50 miles away, city centers have become weekend no-go zones...
...have been able to make. We had too many breakdowns like that.” Hallion led the Crimson in the second half with eight points, including a three-point play at 13:16 to cut the Richmond lead to nine. But the absence of any perimeter game was fatal for Harvard, which mustered just five field goals in the second half and shot 26.3 percent from the floor. “In the second half, we just couldn’t find the bottom of the basket,” Lackner said. “And we didn?...
...presides over a fragile grand coalition that seems unlikely to turn around the country's ailing economy anytime soon. The eruption of riots across France this fall added to a sense that Europe's leaders are out of touch with their citizens. Add to this a summer punctuated by fatal bombings in London and destructive forest fires in Spain and Portugal and 2005 really looks like an annus horribilis. A look at some of this year's lowlights, and what it will take to turn things around: CONSTITUTION BLUES French President Jacques Chirac now must believe it was a terrible...
...ubiquitous claim that “it’s the thought that counts” when it comes to gift-giving is, frankly, only a way of making people feel better when they disappoint the recipient. And since failure in the gift-giving department can be fatal, particularly when it comes to a new relationship, thinking through your choice is crucial...
Meanwhile, U.S. scientists made progress in the field without having to sacrifice human eggs or embryonic tissue. At Duke University, doctors used umbilical-cord blood to save babies born with Krabbe disease, a rare and usually fatal genetic disorder. The illness, which prevents brain development and causes rapid deterioration and death, was immediately halted by transplanting another baby's cord blood--and the stem cells it contained-- into infants with the Krabbe defect...