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...THAL-ates), a group of chemicals that are used to dissolve and carry fragrances, soften plastics and also as sealants and adhesives. Phthalates are commonly found in a variety of products, including cosmetics, paints, nail polish and children's toys - and have long been at the center of a larger international controversy over their health effects...
...faculty members have been available free of charge to the general public through Harvard@Home, a Web site featuring more than 50 video-based programs on academic subjects. “There are lots of ways in which faculty and others have been using their teaching expertise at the larger service of the University and the world,” Kelly said. Though alumni enrolled in the course will not have to worry about grades or assignments—since they receive neither—Kelly said that “Justice Online” will be missing...
...League teams have traditionally shied away from matchups with I-A schools, which usually function as glorified scrimmages for the larger schools. But there are signs that attitudes toward those games are changing within the Ivy League...
...seizure of church property, a new divine revelation inspired church leaders to reject the practice--which, among other things, paved the way for Utah's statehood. But traditionalist Mormons thought the church was selling out and established their own fundamentalist sects, which continued the practice even as the larger church condemned...
...perhaps its most segregated group, but both are true today. It is also true that white flight and now the exodus of middle-class black families fleeing to the suburbs to escape crime have continued to take good students and active parents away from city schools. But an even larger factor in early 21st century America is the declining number of school-age white children and increasing number of school-age minorities. Such demographic shifts are making it even more difficult to integrate American schools by race or class...