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Scientists first hit on zinc's effectiveness in the early 1990s, when researchers from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health in Baltimore gave children in New Delhi a daily dose of syrup containing 20 mg of zinc. The rate of diarrhea dropped dramatically. Because ORT had already proved effective in the fight against diarrhea, though, aid organizations and researchers shifted their focus elsewhere--particularly to the disastrous spread of AIDS. The delay, the WHO's Fontaine says, cost the effort "at least 10 years...
Glee, the hit show about a high school Glee club, has very sharp claws, which is one reason kids like it so much. It is routinely, if hilariously, cruel (the sweet jock is described as so dumb, "he's cheating off a girl who thinks the square root of 4 is rainbows"). But no darker current--let alone motivation for parental monitoring--had occurred to me until I recently heard a bright, earnest youth minister tell a group of high school kids that he thought Glee was "anti-Christian...
...police must then act. We must apply extraordinary measures." His aim, he says, is to create "a system that keeps you on your toes ... to monitor [yourself] vigorously. If there are nonperformers, we'll take them out." Zuma's biographer, Jeremy Gordin, says no one expected Zuma to "hit the ground running, and so hard. He seems to be completely sincere. He wants to deliver...
After more good goaltending on both sides, Crimson junior Kate Buesser missed an opportunity with 9:49 remaining, when her wide-open wrist shot from just outside the crease hit Raty in the chest...
Considering the number of grapplers unable to compete, the Crimson may welcome a long break. Heading into reading period and exams, Harvard won’t hit the mat in a competition again until Dec. 29. But for those who remain on top of their game, the break will signal plenty of hard work...