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...More reason for asking pregnant women not to smoke: a study of nearly 9,000 $ children revealed that those whose mothers smoked during pregnancy had nearly 5% less air flow than other children and had more risk of getting respiratory ailments. (The study accounted for the risks of secondhand smoke after birth...
...conveniences, but a joint study by the Consumer Federation and uspirg found that customers now pay 95 cents on average each time they use a local ATM system and $1.10 for each use of a national network. And because ATMS require neither salaries nor benefits, most of those fees flow straight to the bottom line; another Consumer Federation survey estimated that banks typically reap 78 cents in profit for every $1 they charge to use the machines. Some go so far as to levy a penalty on customers who fail to use their ATM cards within a 12-month period...
...officially began the drive today for sanctions against North Korea, proposing an arms embargo in the United Nations. But the move stopped well short of using the biggest sticks against Pyongyang. Not included in the sanctions: shutting off oil exports to the country, as well as halting the flow of funds from Korean expatriates living in Japan, a major source of Pyongyang's foreign currency. Even as the U.S. initiated the lengthy process of imposing an international reprimand, North Korea suddenly appeared more accommodating. The Communist regime feted former President Jimmy Carter in the capital. And at least...
...undercut the Kim regime is also the most provocative: an oil embargo. North Korea imports almost 75% of its petroleum products from China. If oil were cut off, the army would stop running. But China frowns on sanctions of any sort, and would hardly agree to halt the petroleum flow. Even if Beijing ordered a cutoff, Chinese businessmen along the long border are doing such a profitable business with North Korea that they might be inclined to ignore the embargo order...
...second, the Crimson were plagued by myriads of injuries. Tri captains Aoki, John Drosos and Bill Counihan--arguably the three top wrestlers on the team--were, among others, all out with physical maladies at critical points in the season. The team was never able to regain its flow and put forth its best foot in meets where nothing less was even close to acceptable...