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Davis and Triantafillou said they saw no problems with the current tax rates. According to Davis, businesses should be responsible for a large share of the tax burden. Triantafillou said Cambridge's tax rates are not much higher than those of surrounding cities...
...Harvard students are trained in the art of bullshit--shouldn't that apply to beer drinking? At least pretend to know what you're talking about beyond Bud. Ale tends to be sweet and smooth with a higher alcohol content; Ale is probably what you know the best (read: Miller Shite); bitter is bitter; IPA is India Pale Ale and distinctively alcoholic; lager is simply aged, bottom fermented beer; pale ale ranges from mild to bitter with a dry taste; pilsners are very dry and tend to be light...
...other business, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS) Christoph J. Wolff requested that Rudenstine appoint a standing committee oh Higher Degrees in Public Health Sciences--the motion passed...
...risk of developing breast cancer. But what about the lifestyle that money brings? That's the question researchers asked themselves in deciding to examine the middle-to-high-income Boston suburb of Newton, Mass., where the living is relatively easy - and the incidence of breast cancer is 13 percent higher than the statewide average. Comparing Newton's wealthy and less-well-off areas, the Massachusetts-based Silent Spring Institute found higher rates of breast cancer in Newton's tonier neighborhoods. The researchers, taking into account known risk factors for breast cancer - such as delayed childbearing and ethnicity - noted that richer...
...wealth, but perhaps the amenities it permits that increase a woman's risk of breast cancer? Maybe, and maybe not. Wealthier women also conduct breast self-exams and have mammographies more often than the average population, resulting in a higher level of detection. As with all research of this type, it would be a mistake to jump to conclusions until a firm connection can be made. And though persistent, if vague, concerns over cancer and environmental toxins have plagued the chemical industry for many years, the authors of this study are careful not to declare a definitive link. Meanwhile, though...