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...least 20,000 checks worth $10.8 million at their members-only bank over a three-year period. When the scandal broke last October, congressional leaders tried to shrug it off as a minor administrative snafu and closed the bank. But public outrage over abuse of privilege continued to mount, fueled by allegations of dope dealing at the House Post Office, unpaid bills at the exclusive members' dining room and extravagant junketeering at taxpayer expense...
...than women over 35." This is not true. There are more babies born with Down syndrome to women under 35, but that is because there are more babies born to women under 35. The risk of Down and other genetic abnormalities increases with age, according to Gertrud Berkowitz, a Mount Sinai School of Medicine professor, and it is misleading to mix rates with absolute numbers...
...point out errors in any book that has a factoid in every sentence. I'm bound to make mistakes," Faludi says. "But to dismiss the whole argument is not right. We should be more focused on how we overcome the backlash." As Ann Jones, an author and professor at Mount Holyoke, argues, "The big picture is there, and the big picture is accurate...
...know that Moses went up on Mount Cyanide and died before he reached Canada...
...elements that I like," he says. "In the wilderness or in competition, it takes planning and preparation to succeed." Norwegian ski officials were as mortified over Ulvang's Greenland trek as they had been the previous year when he climbed Alaska's 20,320-ft. Denali, the former Mount McKinley. But not even the most timorous Norwegian trainer is complaining now. Ulvang and his teammate Bjorn Daehlie each won three golds and a silver, leading the national team to 20 medals, a phenomenal haul in light of Norway's population of only 4.2 million. Ulvang's four-medal streak sparked...