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...ultimate impact of any of those drugs, of course, depends on the users. No one has yet been able to tease out the precise mix of genetics, temperament and environment that makes one person a recreational user and another a lifelong addict, but clearly there is no single cause. "There are inherited components, hormonal components, psychosocial variables such as poverty," says Provet. And then, of course, there is mere opportunity--something the '60s provided in abundance...
...stood in the hallway of the National Bureau of Economic Research on Jan. 14, 2005.Pacing from wall to wall, the soon-to-be-embattled Harvard president dragged his right forefinger in circles around his mouth, a nervous tic he had developed long ago. It was Summers’ unique mix of contemplation and impatience, what “The Thinker†might do to pass the time. In his hand, he gripped a single page of handwritten notes, the outline of a speech ostensibly titled, “Faculty Diversity: Research Agenda.â€The topic was benign...
...live in an age that's gushing with information and dizzying possibilities. You can almost feel your brain cells crackling to keep up with the choices?trivial and profound?that confront us at every turn: picking a cell-phone plan or an on-demand movie, selecting the best mix of investments in a 401(k) or the right health plan or just knowing which eggs to buy at the supermarket. (Cage free? Organic? Omega-3 enriched?) Surely there has never been a greater need to stay alert and informed, to act shrewdly and remain focused...
...year, during the 250th anniversary of the composer's birth, the accompanying article concluded, "the threat of total marketing looms." Nowhere is that commercial exploitation more evident than in Salzburg, the quaint Austrian city where Mozart was born, which hopes to cash in on the anniversary with an incongruous mix of kitsch and high culture. "Salzburg without Mozart is hardly imaginable. Without Mozart, I really couldn't say how this city would be," says Heinz Schaden, Salzburg's mayor. An all-star lineup of musicians will be performing in town this year, including conductors Nikolaus Harnoncourt, Riccardo Muti and Simon...
...offer all three services easily - hence a wave of strategic mergers. Late last year NTL, a U.K.-based telephone, cable and broadband company that emerged from bankruptcy just three years ago, proposed to buy Virgin Mobile for $1.4 billion so it could add mobile-phone service to its mix in a "quadruple play." Virgin Mobile's board rejected the initial offer but analysts now expect NTL to increase its bid by around 10%. "The market is telling us that it's still expecting this deal to go through," says Laura Mills of Merrill Lynch in London. Pay-TV operator British...