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...apparent from routine clinical tests, and the illness appears not to be the result of a single cause producing a well-known effect." While the military insisted for years that GWI was another form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), the panel concluded that there is no link between the two conditions. In fact, studies have shown that Gulf War veterans have lower rates of PTSD than veterans of other wars...
...Reproducing the English show's success through local versions won't be easy. Unlike more widely franchised programs - The Weakest Link, say, or Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - there's no easy-to-follow formula guaranteed to work. "Our production bible?" asks Wilman, "It's three men, a thick racing driver who can't speak, they're in a room, and that's it. There's nothing." But some aspects of the British show should travel well. "The Stig," for instance, figures in the Australian and U.S. versions, while inviting local celebrities to race the clock around a circuit...
Michelle Obama frequently tells the rest of the country, "You can't really understand Barack until you understand Hawaii." But all of that won't deter Illinois. Democratic state senator Terry Link, Obama's Chicago poker- and golf-playing buddy, says that while Obama was born and raised in Honolulu, "we consider him ours. He's very much an Illinoisan as far as we're concerned. We embrace him as our favorite son. He's Illinois true and blue." Addressing Hawaii's claims on him, Link says, "We're going to steal him from you in every which...
...Southern Californians cannot readily imagine a quake of that scale. They haven't experienced one before, so they don't know how the g-forces will feel. The intent of the ShakeOut drill is to hijack the imagination. "Time and again, we've heard that there is a weak link between the scientific understanding of quakes and the ability of the public to pay attention and change their behavior," says Mariana Amatullo at the Art Center College of Design, one of the organizers of the event. "The goal was to find new opportunities for the public to be a little...
...said. She characterized study abroad as an “integral part of college education” and lauded longtime Harvard benefactor David Rockefeller ’36 for his $100 million donation to support international programs and the expansion of arts education. Hammonds also emphasized the need to link classroom learning with extracurricular activities in order to apply liberal learning to students’ daily lives. In the next four years, Hammonds said, the College will try to prepare the Class of 2012 to enter the real world. “Harvard will have achieved its goal if students...