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What a lot of smokers don't realize is that the most popular method of quitting--just stopping, a.k.a. going cold turkey--is the least effective. Studies show that getting intensive short-term counseling, taking drugs like Zyban (an antidepressant) or using one of the many nicotine aids (gum, patch, inhaler, nasal spray, lozenge) all double the chance of success. Preliminary results suggest that combining these methods will increase success rates even more...
There is a third method of dealing with examination questions—that is by the use of overpowering assumption, an assumption so cosmic that it is sometimes accepted. For example, we wrote that it was pretty obvious that the vague generality was the key device in any discussion of examination writing. Why is it obvious? As a matter of fact, it wasn’t obvious at all, but just an arbitrary point from which to start. This is an example of an unwarranted assumption...
...better serve all types of readers, Crimson editors, reporters and designers will work to package stories in various formats. Readers will see an increased number of informational graphics, labeling devices and alternative story structures. This method of information layering is meant to make the paper more active and to help our scanning readers find the news they are most interested in. The two versions of the front page below demonstrate the multiple layers of information designed to serve this purpose. The figure on the right displays the visual elements that a cursory glance at the front page would first reveal...
Private companies may also be encouraged about their chances of developing a successful drug because protease inhibitors have thus far proven the best method to slow the progress of HIV infection, Cantley said...
...Very, very mad. And there was method...