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...woman who has been faithfully swallowing her daily calcium supplements in hopes of staving off osteoporosis and colorectal cancer can be forgiven for being confused by news last month that two major studies found that the pills provide little or no benefit against either condition. But as is so often the case with complicated health studies, it pays to dig beyond the headlines. First the news. A study of more than 36,000 healthy postmenopausal women determined that taking a standard calcium-and-vitamin-D supplement for seven years had no significant effect for most of them on preventing fractures...
...best of which has to be the opening jam to “Where In The World Is Carmen Sandiego?” At women’s hockey games this season, loyal fans, subjected to the squad’s at times anemic offense, could be forgiven for overhearing in the trumpet wails a slight lyrical variation—“Where In The World Is Nicole Corriero...
...else their ideals and education might lead them. Through the last decade, for just a fraction of what Harvard spent on fund manager bonuses, it could have frozen tuition at all its schools. For just a fraction of the recent (inflation-adjusted) growth in the endowment, Harvard could have forgiven the college and graduate school debts of all its recent graduates who chose to enter public service and other modestly-paying professions...
...They sent far too few troops, were reckless in postinvasion planning and turned a deaf ear to constructive criticism, even from within their own ranks. Their abdication of the moral high ground, by allowing the abuse and torture of military detainees, is repellent. Their incompetence and misjudgments might be forgiven. Their arrogance and obstinacy remain inexcusable...
...woman who has been faithfully swallowing her daily calcium supplements in hopes of staving off osteoporosis and colorectal cancer can be forgiven for being confused by news last week that two major studies found that the pills provide little or no benefit against either condition. But as is so often the case with complicated health studies, it pays to dig beyond the headlines...