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...effects of low-level lead poisoning in children are not immediately obvious, but they can have a devastating, permanent impact. Exhaustive tests conducted by Dr. Needleman on 2,300 suburban Boston schoolchildren confirmed that even modest lead exposure lowers IQs, impairs memory and reaction time and affects the ability to concentrate. "This is an information society," says Karen Florini, a Washington attorney with the Environmental Defense Fund. "When your educational and social skills are hurt early on, you aren't likely to become a productive member of society." John Rosen, a professor of pediatrics at the Montefiore Medical Center...
...fall back on the front while trying to disrupt Soviet supply lines from the rear. A seminal 1979 study by Joseph Braddock, a military consultant, showed that the U.S. could predict the location of Soviet armor units as they moved up toward the front and that even modest success in slowing the flow of Soviet reinforcements could produce significant effects on the battlefield, tipping the balance just enough to give NATO forces temporary tactical superiority...
...lead in the first two minutes of play. Yale hung tough, however, and actually grabbed a 14-13 lead at the 13-minute mark of the first half. Both teams exchanged leads for the remainder of the half, and Harvard entered the locker room at intermission with a modest 36-30 advantage...
...itself. For the first time in moguls' memory, none of the top three hits were an action adventure with a big male star. Ghost and Pretty Woman were romantic fantasies angled to women; Home Alone, the year's box-office winner, starred a nine- year-old boy. These modest movies were old-fashioned sleepers, whose success suggested a future for women's movies...
...like his predecessor--now-Athletic Director Bill Cleary-- hard luck hit Tomassoni faster than a Mike Vukonich slap shot. And as Cleary did during the Season After, Tomassoni reduced his aims during this Season After the Season After to the modest achievement of winning home ice for the first round of the ECAC playoffs...