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...children under 18 who suffered from food allergies jumped 17%, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts don't disagree that the incidence of food allergies has increased, but there isn't much consensus as to why. Some researchers suggest that an overly hygienic lifestyle may hamper the body's ability to build up proper immunities; others believe the statistical rise is a combination of a real increase in allergies and an increase in the number of patients seeking diagnosis (i.e., getting allergy tests that turn up very low levels of reaction that might otherwise have gone...
...students whose families are challenged by the crisis might increase, and that the woes on Wall Street might depress fundraising. Harvard has been eyeing 2011 for the beginning of its next capital campaign, but University officials have said that the date may be pushed back if financial difficulties hamper fundraising efforts. Faust cited efforts to ensure loan access for international students in her discussion of the University’s response to the crisis. Graduating students facing employment searches in a troubled economy will benefit from bolstered career counseling, she also said. “We need to be alert...
...This deficit, if not addressed,” Smith noted in the letter, “will hamper campus renewal and will stifle educational innovation...
...soundness of the underlying loans will prove difficult to ascertain. Many members of Congress want to make sure the government pays fire-sale prices for the assets to protect taxpayers from a big loss, but Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke has said that too low a price could hamper the plan's effectiveness at stabilizing the markets...
...Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick faces a long litany of legal and ethical woes stemming from his affair with a co-worker. Kilpatrick had to post a $7,500 bond to remain out of jail and take a court-ordered drug test. Republicans hope a weakened Democratic machine in Detroit will hamper Obama's effort in the fall. "Obama will have to go in himself and build his own machine," predicts GOP state-party chair Saul Anuzis. It's a fairly safe bet that the nation's first black presidential nominee will turn out the vote in the country's most predominantly...