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...introduced in state legislatures across the country last year--more than double the number in 2003. A quarter of them were passed into law, up from only 12% two years before. In Washington the word obesity appears in 56 bills introduced during the current Congress; this, the Wall Street Journal points out, is fast catching up with the number containing the word gun. Surgeon General Richard Carmona says obesity is a greater threat than terrorism. Some public-health advocates have begun urging the government to put a warning label on soft drinks; others are calling...
...impossible to crush in order to inhale. While past ADHD drugs have often been used recreationally to produce feelings of euphoria, Concerta does not have the same effect, although it is equally effective in treating the disorder, according to the study published in this month’s American Journal of Psychiatry. ADHD is a neurological disorder associated with inability to focus, hyperactivity, and drastic mood shifts, generally treated with the stimulant methylphenidate. In the past, however, drugs containing methylphenidate—of which Ritalin is best known—have been quick-releasing, therefore causing an immediate strong high...
...site—www.wikipedia.org—is known for constant updates made to its entries. A day before University President Lawrence H. Summers officially stepped down, the site’s article on Summers read “He will be announcing his resignation through the Wall Street Journal and the Harvard Crimson on February 21, 2006.” Although traditionally ideas gained authority when they were published, and the “scarcity of paper...created the regime of authority,” the internet complicates the picture, Weinberger told the modest audience of around 25. Anyone...
...graduation rate for black students rose to 95 percent this year—a 2 percent jump—as the College leapfrogged Amherst to lead the nation and remain over 50 percentage points above the national mean. In an article in its Winter 2005/2006 edition, The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (JBHE) reported that while nationally black students graduate at a “dismally low 42 percent,” the rate is highest at the nation’s most prestigious institutions. Amherst and Princeton University ranked second and third, and only four of the nation?...
...true that when things go bad for any White House - and an NBC News/Wall Street Journal poll released Wednesday night put Bush's approval rating at 37% - rumors of a shakeup always begin to fly. And indeed, all of the speculation was dismissed by some knowledgeable people as just that. However, CBS News reported Wednesday night that Howard Baker, who was Senate majority leader, chief of staff to Ronald Reagan and ambassador to Japan for this administration, had placed a call to the White House on Tuesday and "sent a direct message" to Chief of Staff Andrew Card urging...