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...laid, doesn’t exhibit much originality as the writer/director of “Adventureland,” the sentimental tale of a virgin college graduate getting drunk, stoned, and (surprise) trying to get laid. “Adventureland” does boast some funny characters and a killer soundtrack, but the plight of the protagonist is taken too seriously, and “Superbad” fans might be disappointed to see the fun they love drained by unconvincingly tragic elements.James Brennan (Jesse Eisenberg) is planning a summer Euro-trip with his affluent roommate before he packs...
...direction—targeting the source of problem. “There are treatments that are symptomatic, but not targeting the source,” Krainc said. “It’s like when you have a cavity, you take a pain killer, the pain will go away, but the cavity is still there.” The new study was ground-breaking partly because it has implication for the treatments of other neurodegenerative diseases, Krainc said. Krainc said that the accumulation of proteins is a “common theme” among all neurodegenerative diseases, including...
...closing public schools, and they've closed public health clinics. Where is all the money going to come from when the city is suffering in this way?" asks Tom Tresser, spokesman for No Games, one of the groups that protested. Hosting the Games, he says, "would be a city-killer for us." Officials say much of the Games' cost will come from private financing, and it certainly helps their case that most traditional Olympic sponsors are U.S. based - and that one of the biggest, McDonald's, is headquartered in suburban Chicago. But it's hard to imagine that many firms...
...Obama is no therapist changing individuals one at a time. He's an organizer trying to build community and inspire collective action through house parties and Facebook as well as rhetoric about shared values. In other words, he's trying to create social norms - behavioral change's killer...
...when the swabs were packed. Forensic analysts in Stuttgart have been testing unused cotton swabs for the Phantom's DNA but say that so far they have found no evidence of contamination. For the German police, it would be a relief to discover that the mysterious female serial killer doesn't actually exist. But it would also be a bitter confirmation of the thousands of man-hours wasted chasing a ghost - and of the 40 criminal investigations that are now back to square...