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Christakis and Fowler arrived at their conclusions by analyzing data from the ongoing Framingham Heart Study, which began in 1948 as an observational study of Cardiovascular Disease in subjects from Framingham, Mass. and is now studying a third generation of subjects...
...long, lingering takes and a paucity of dialogue and action. Critics hailed him as the "hero of the highbrows." But average moviegoers were so confused they once reputedly chased him at the Cannes Film Festival, demanding plot explanations. Antonioni was content with his brainy reputation--and his lack of mass appeal. "I could never do something against my tastes to meet the public," he once told a reporter. "I do it for an ideal spectator who is very like this director...
...Even Libya's 2003 decision to scrap its weapons of mass destruction program is sniffed at by some experts. Although the Bush Administration liked to attribute that move to the intimidating effects of its Iraq invasion, some independent experts suggest it was more a case of giving up poorly performing and relatively useless programs in return for almost total diplomatic rehabilitation...
...rating on BA stock in a research note, and another London-based airline analyst said the fine left BA's outlook "unchanged." But it's been a turbulent year for Britain's largest carrier. The specter earlier this year of cabin crew strikes, though eventually averted, triggered mass passenger cancellations and diluted the airline's results. Operating profit in the year to April slid 13%. The airline insists it's not been helped by tough security measures still in place at U.K. airports, where passengers are limited to one item of hand luggage and have to put ointments and liquids...
...sentence for heinous crimes reflects that indifference. At the conclusion of the Constitutional Convention in 1787, Benjamin Franklin was asked, "Well, Doctor, what have we got, a republic or a monarchy?" He said, "A republic, if you can keep it." I certainly hope we can. Natalie Rosen, FRAMINGHAM, MASS...