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...these people [in our group], being laid off in a recession was important because they experienced a big and long-lasting shock to their lives, including large and lasting earnings losses. Accordingly, they have a large initial increase in mortality that settles down at a permanently higher level. That isn't in conflict with the other finding. Even though middle-aged men with good, stable jobs are an important part of the labor market, in terms of the entire population, they're not a dominating fraction. In a recession, everyone holds back on alcohol consumption, smoking and overeating. Also, there...
...being was its lushness, was an expensive magazine to produce. It had a famous editor, Ruth Reichl, a former food critic of the New York Times and the author of several best sellers. Since taking over in 1999, she steered the periodical to three National Magazine Awards. That level of achievement is pricey, and at just over 900,000 subscribers, Gourmet had only about two-thirds of the readers of Bon Appétit. Plus, it made less money per page of advertising. (Read "From Natural Disaster Comes ... an Instant Magazine...
...doesn't help that several high-level al-Qaeda operatives - including al-Wahishi - have mysteriously escaped from Yemeni prisons in the past, or that former inmates of the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo have resurfaced as active operatives in Yemen. But Johnsen thinks the U.S. is too focused on a military solution. "Obviously you have to eliminate key fighters, but the U.S. has done that before," he says. "Unless you address the underlying issues - especially poverty - you'll just be fighting a different incarnation of al-Qaeda every few years...
...champions are evidence of the large role played by the youth of this Crimson team, which consists mostly of underclassmen. But the success of the team is dependent on the level of leadership...
...many other Western countries, France requires health warnings on tobacco and alcohol and similar labels on processed food containing genetically modified ingredients. France's regulators are also notoriously tough on marketing campaigns that make false product claims. Now some French legislators want to take consumer protection to an unprecedented level, requiring that advertisements, product labels and even campaign posters carry a warning when they feature a photograph that's been digitally enhanced...