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...some sort of national hormonal cycle. Wilson's book did wonders for the sale of Premarin (a form of estrogen made from -- and named for -- a pregnant mare's urine). But estrogen use plummeted after 1975, when studies revealed that women taking the hormone had up to a 14-fold increased risk of uterine cancer. Reports of a 30% increased risk of breast cancer scared away many others...
...ever widening use of electronic mail and the Internet by special-interest groups and U.S. presidential candidates to get their messages across. That's why no understanding of electoral politics is complete without a look at that South Carolina church that the Christian Coalition has brought into its fold by way of high technology. As Jeff will tell you, sometimes the only way to get to the heart of Washington is to take a roundabout route...
...moderate elements. In March, James Dobson, head of the powerful Focus on Family organization, fired off open letters to party chairman Haley Barbour, complaining bitterly about the lack of immediate payoff from the November election. Fearful of compromising with "anti-family" elements, Dobson argued that it was time to fold the all-inviting "big tent" of the Republican Party. In contrast, Reed argues for a more inclusive Coalition and struggles to appear more secular (in New Hampshire last week, for example, he declined an invitation to give the invocation before the senate because he did not want TV cameras...
...correspondence (among the letters is a handwritten note from Queen Elizabeth II thanking Mandela for hosting a royal visit the previous month). Mandela reads five papers each morning, with obvious enjoyment and unflappable absorption. Finishing an article, he executes an unhurried turn of the page followed by a crisp fold and a snap...
...people, ESAC limits its definition to "groups of color," who "have a shared history of having been viewed as distinct from the European immigrants." With a disturbing lack of historical perspective, proponents of ethnic studies argue that America has welcomed all peoples of "white" background into the fold, while all "non white" Americans have been relegated to the periphery. This black and white scheme ignores the diverse experiences of people from both non-white and white backgrounds. It presumes a unity of each "side" that is patently false...