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...called the wealth effect, and it's even more potent with housing. Over the past three years, the wealth effect from rising home values accounted for a third of all growth in consumer spending, according to Eric Belsky, executive director of the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University. He says consumer spending was single-handedly responsible for keeping us out of recession for two years...
...nearly three years in discussions with Felt's family about bringing his version of the story to the public, thinks not. "It's about five years too late," Foster tells TIME. "Mark Felt doesn't even know who he is half the time." Foster says he turned down a joint project after deciding that Felt's mental capacity was far too diminished. But at least Felt knows Deep Throat will not go down in history as just a shadow in a trench coat. As the Washington Post itself put it, "It's nice to be able to honor...
That constant repetition is particularly brutal on joints and growth plates--the areas of developing bone tissue that are the weakest parts of a child's skeleton because they haven't completely ossified. Young athletes who use their shoulder joints a lot often get into trouble by exercising the muscles in front more than those in the back. The unequal tug-of-war winds up pulling the whole joint painfully forward. Growth plates can be either compressed or pulled apart, sometimes shortening the bone's eventual length...
...support efforts by the Uzbekistan government to stabilize their domestic situation and their commitment to the country's peaceful development." KONG QUAN, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman, after China and Uzbekistan signed a $600 million joint oil venture. Uzbekistan is under fire for last month's crackdown on antigovernment protests in which hundreds are believed to have died...
...ever likely to deny the actuarial fact that staying lean and active is one of the best routes to a long life. Many studies point out that excess weight is associated not only with a lot of frequently cited dangers--diabetes, stroke, heart disease, sleep apnea and joint problems among them--but also with many less frequently cited ones, such as cancer. A recent study of 135 men, published in the American Heart Association (AHA) journal Circulation, seems to confirm this, acknowledging that while getting fit is associated with reducing a number of health risks, failing to tackle...