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According to a study conducted by Dr. Hajime Kimata, from the Unitika Hospital, Kyoto, Japan, 30 minutes of kissing can dramatically reduce the allergic reaction to pollen. Twenty-four men and women with hay fever were told to kiss their partners for half an hour. Before and after the experiment, blood samples were taken to test the levels of immunoglobulin E (IgE), which triggers symptoms of asthma and hay fever by releasing histamine into the blood. Kimata suggests that the significant drop in IgE levels could be attributed to the relaxation induced by kissing...
...That turned a hearing that had caused much anticipation in Washington into a bit of a bust. An hour into the Senate hearing, almost half of the members of the public in the audience had left; even Senator Trent Lott walked out, to return only near the very end. Hayden was so dull at one point that many in the room were listening more closely to the Fox TV correspondent who had forgotten to close the door to his broadcast booth and whose reports could be heard by almost everyone in the room. The Senators doing the questioning were...
Thirty-six cents are devoted to medical research and other national programs, including a 24-hour call center for cancer victims and their families...
...continue to “pour money into a school system that is hemorrhaging students.” Last week, the Finance Committee voted to put the school system’s budget before the full City Council for a vote, but only after the committee conducted a four-hour debate on the system’s inability to retain students. Over the last two years, Cambridge schools have lost 755 students. This year, there are roughly 6,000 students enrolled in the district. Schuster’s and Nolan’s motion ultimately passed...
...nine-page “Senior Survey,” a CUE guide for the entire Harvard experience, I promised myself I would be more objective. I would complain about all the minor annoyances and real aggravations that marred my time at Harvard. And having taken an hour out of my reading period work schedule to procrastinate by answering these questions, I feel like I managed to dispense more constructive criticism than I usually do.Still, when I got to the last question, “What is your satisfaction with your overall experience at Harvard?” I couldn?...