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...drinking age, I can say from experience that the appeal of drinking was much greater before age 21 than after. When the drinking age was raised, it wasn't a deterrent to drinking; it was a challenge to drink and not get caught. What colleges need to do is lessen the attraction and decrease the risk factors. This will not eliminate college drinking, but it may reduce the chances of a repeat of the terrible binge drinking that took place at the University of Louisiana. JASON D. GREEN Eau Claire...
Discovering early just who has glutaric aciduria is more than half the battle. Once the disease is diagnosed, Morton's main task is to put his young patients on a low-protein, high-riboflavin diet to lessen the effects of the disorder and prevent medical complications. If a stricken child can survive to age 5 with this help, he or she typically becomes resistant to the worst of the disease...
With no cure for Alzheimer's Disease in sight, researchers have concentrated on trying to slow the rate at which it corrodes the brain and to postpone its onset. Any delay would enable victims to continue to live independently, their memories intact, and lessen the burden on their families and society. If the onset were pushed back only five years, it could save the U.S. $50 billion annually...
...with four 500-lb. bombs to drop on a radio tower and facilities on Chichi Jima, a volcanic island held by the Japanese. He followed the book, completed his drop and then told his two crewmen, Ted White and Jack Delaney, to bail out. He turned the plane to lessen wind on their hatch, looked for them but could not see them in the plane or out, figured they had jumped, and then began to cope himself...
...singing, you might think the Lowell House production of Verdi's Rigoletto a remarkably fine one. As it is, watching what happens on stage doesn't add much to what you hear. There simply isn't that much to see, and what one does see tends to lessen, not strengthen, any dramatic impact...