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If animals can send out such unconscious messages, do humans have the same skills? Perhaps, say some researchers. One tantalizing clue comes from "menstrual synchrony," the common phenomenon of women who are close friends, or live together. In 1971 University of Chicago Psychologist Martha McClintock, then at Harvard, tested 135...
Smell experimenters admit that they have not yet proved much. As Russell points out, there is "no unifying theory on how the nose works and no money for experiments because you couldn't show any utility. But that's changing.' If so, Thomas may yet get his...
Even when community leaders finally agree on what they want, the time needed to build a system is staggering. If an 18-mile subway planned to link downtown Los Angeles with part of the residential San Fernando Valley gets federal funding this year, the line is not expected to be...
One of his requests was for a unique dispensation from the tax code's complex "loss carry-back and carry-forward" provisions to permit Chrysler's net operating losses to be applied now against future profits. Result: Chrysler would get a refund from the Treasury equal to the...
Congress might place limitations on the refund, but if Chrysler really loses $400 million this year, it could collect as much as $186 million. That is the amount it might have had to pay on a $400 million profit, assuming the usual 46% corporate tax rate. If Chrysler makes money...