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...said. Pier also did not rule out the notion–advanced by the New England Journal of Medicine in a 2003 study of the NFL’s St. Louis Rams–that artificial turf fields of the sort recently installed in Harvard Stadium could enhance the likelihood of infection. “If the artificial surfaces are more likely to cause abrasions than [a] natural surface…it probably does contribute to transmission,” he said. McLeod did specifically state that all the infections occurred “before [the team] even touched...
...Pythons were lauded as doing for comedy in the '70s what the Beatles did for pop music in the '60s. They extended Britain's primacy of Cool through a decade that, in other respects, was pretty bleak. Not that a Silly Walk through Harrod's could lessen the likelihood of an IRA bomb, or a thought of the Parrot sketch could warm a body through a winter rendered heatless by the oil embargo. But the Pythons lightened the load. Whatever the real-life ordeal, their dose of surreal fun was medicine for fretful minds. They helped prove Britain could take...
...disconnect between the investment side and the acknowledgment of climate change," says Matthew Arnold, who tracks the U.S. insurance industry as a director of consultants Sustainable Finance. Insurers, however, insist that that's changing. With the growth of carbon-trading markets in Europe and the U.S., and the increasing likelihood that businesses' carbon footprints are likely to be taxed in the future, polluting companies and certain sectors are beginning to look like less attractive investments. For the past year, German giant Allianz has been assembling a team solely dedicated to renewable energy investments, headed by David Jones, Shell's former...
...G.O.P.'s Firewall Strategy With the Foley scandal increasing the likelihood of a Democratic win in the House, Republicans are turning their attention -- and money -- to the Senate
...G.O.P.'s Firewall Strategy With the Foley scandal increasing the likelihood of a Democratic win in the House, Republicans are turning their attention -- and money -- to the Senate