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...deciding when preemption is right or wrong is tricky business and creating a universal formula is nearly impossible—at least that’s what Frankfurter Professor of Law Alan M. Dershowitz argues in his latest book, “Preemption: A Knife That Cuts Both Ways...
Dershowitz does suggest a baseline for deciding when preemption is right. His sketch for a formula pits the seriousness of an incident and its likeliness without preemption against the harm caused by preemption and its likelihood of success...
...similar shift in thinking is occurring among weight-loss researchers. For years, their best measure for how dangerous excess weight could be was body mass index (BMI), a formula that combined height and weight. A high BMI meant that you were carrying too much body mass for your height, putting you at risk of developing diabetes, hypertension, heart disease or stroke. The problem, as physicians quickly found out, was that body mass includes not just excess body fat but muscle as well. So fit people with dense muscle mass would consistently register as overweight and unhealthy. That led Dr. Jean...
...solution, the one that literally sticks out, is the addition of a wing to the rear deck of all cars to replace the spoiler now in use, which is what racing outfits like Formula 1 have been doing for years. The wing retains the aerodynamics of a lead car, but the difference is that trailing cars get to play in smooth air and get the opportunity to make high-speed passes...
...unveiling event in May. Although the name of the beer has already been chosen, a professional graphic designer is working with four student members of the Permanent Pub Task Force to decide on a logo. “While I am not yet able to reveal the formula or name of the beer, what I can tell you is that it is most delicious,” Corker said. The Task Force has also held two “pub grub tasting” events featuring fried finger food to solicit student input on the future pub menu. Two more...