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...thing, sleep deprivation goes hand in hand with obesity. In a study of just over 1,000 patients, subjects with normal body mass indexes got 1.86 more hours of sleep a week than those who were overweight. Sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) pose even graver risks. Not only does OSA cause raucous snoring, but it can also stop your breathing as often as 60 times an hour, which may strain your cardiovascular system. Studies show that moderate to severe OSA significantly raises your risk of stroke and sudden death from cardiac causes. The condition can be effectively...
...most popular class at the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade does not teach wannabe entrepreneurs the secrets of accounting or international law. Instead, Professor Li Zhiguo instructs his 1,600 students on a graver subject: manners. A line, he lectures, should be an orderly procession, not a rowdy scrum. Spitting on the street is not nice. When eating a Western meal, the diner should cut meat into small pieces with a fork and knife, although that should never be done to bread. And remember: if hosting Americans at a restaurant, don't order endangered species or internal organs. "We think...
...stance, however. In March 2004 he told alumni in Santiago, Chile that Harvard must “become a truly global university”—an admirable goal, but one contravened by Harvard’s choice to focus on domestic relief efforts while ignoring graver crises elsewhere. Even with its $25.9 billion endowment, of course, Harvard can’t respond to every cataclysmic event. And it shouldn’t. Alumni donors never gave University administrators carte blanche to shell out cash whenever and wherever they see fit. Harvard’s comparative advantage...
...Gerhard implied that Nazi Hunter Simon Wiesenthal and Javier Prez de Cullar, the current U.N. Secretary-General, had accepted his father's explanation of his wartime record. Both Prez de Cullar and Wiesenthal denied that they had formed a final judgment about the case. Potentially graver damage to the candidate's prospects came last week when it was revealed that an internal report from the Justice Department's office of special investigations recommended that Waldheim be barred from entering...
This spring's second insult to freedom-loving cowboy types was graver yet, although its implications might be hard to fathom for non-Montanans. The state's drivers, as of October, will not be allowed to drink alcohol in their vehicles. Outsiders may find this development astonishing. Drinking and driving was legal in Montana? Yes. And not only legal but rather popular. In a state that measures more than 700 miles from its southeast to northwest corners and where most of those miles consist of empty highway enlivened only by blowing tumbleweeds and the occasional bloated mule-deer corpse...