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...third major thing people can do, says Buckwalter, is exercise to maintain muscle strength, range of motion and flexibility, all of which protects the joints. "You need to look at taking care of a vulnerable joint the way you take care of your teeth," he says. Ideally, that means stretching and strengthening muscles on a daily basis. "When my patients say, 'I can't do that,'" he says, "I say, well, you brush your teeth every...
...publication in 1998.Economics chair James K. Stock is known for complaining in class about this practice, although not about “Principles of Economics” in particular.“New editions are to a considerable extent simply another tool used by publishers and textbook authors to maintain their revenue stream, that is, to keep up prices,” Stock wrote in an e-mailed statement.He said that while he requires his own book for his class, he encourages students to buy older editions and international copies, and said one student bought a Korean copy...
...principle underlying the founding of our nation. Yet a recent report by the Pew Center on the States shows that over 1 in 100 American adults have lost their freedom and are incarcerated, making the United States the world leader in per capita imprisonment. Defenders of this startling practice maintain that if one in 100 Americans are imprisoned, it is because one in 100 Americans has committed a criminal act that merits incarceration. It seems implausible that this enormous economic and social burden is justified. Although some argue that high rates of incarceration have led to lower crime rates, comparison...
...Another big check in the Cornell zone. Harvard just can't maintain possession for very long...
...Mark Twain Intermediate School in Brooklyn was served with a desegregation order, mandating that the school maintain a student body whose racial makeup mirrored that of the community—at the time, 70 percent white and 30 percent minority. In subsequent years, Mark Twain was converted into a school for the gifted, and demographic shifts—notably, a decline in the proportion of white students—have forced the school to turn minority students away. Last week, however, federal Judge Jack B. Weinstein overturned the ruling: “The defendants have complied with the 1974 remedial...