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...absolute numbers are still too high, Epstein ignores that the trends over time are all good: the teen suicide rate is lower today than in 1980. The use of prescription drugs is up, but teens' use of all illegal drugs has dropped. The teen pregnancy rate is the lowest since 1976. While some education data could be better, sat scores are up. Finally, I think it's naive to believe that there are cultures in which teens are entirely without turmoil. To some extent, being a teenager means being in turmoil. Read more at time.com/robertepstein London Fog Judging from...
...more cautious attitude on taking action over global warming action. A Japanese diplomat who deals in climate change says that Tokyo's priority is to craft a pact that will be acceptable to all major carbon emitters, including the U.S. and China, even if that means going for the lowest common denominator. After all, a global pact on restricting carbon-gas emissions will only work if it has the biggest emitters on board. Japan's objective is to craft a middle way that can bridge the gap between those who signed on to Kyoto and those who didn...
...came as a result of the stormy late winter and early spring. Though some facets of their games showed their potential for success, none of Harvard’s golfers mustered a solid enough all-around performance to break into the top five, with the Crimson’s lowest-scoring golfer, sophomore and defending Ivy League champion Emily Balmert, coming in seventh with a combined score of 238 (78-80-80). That performance did, however, earn Balmert a spot on the All-Ivy team. “Emily worked really hard to make sure that her long game...
...fact, we used typewriters. For the class of ’11, Harvard accepted only nine percent of people who applied. A year ago it was 9.3 percent of applicants. Three years ago it was 10.3 percent. In fact, the class of ’11 has the lowest acceptance rate ever. What does this say about you? Obviously the admissions office found that more of us current students were up to snuff...
...appear on her program if he became P.M. "Happy to come on the date, the time and the hour," he said, adding, "there's only one precondition. All the questions are easy." Her on-air partner, Kyle Sandilands, who knows their audience, replied: "They're easy around here. Lowest common denominator radio round here, my friend...