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...continues to narrow: Related studies show that teenage girls are smoking more now than they have in 15 years, unlike their male peers, who are smoking less...
...Opinion polls are divided on the outcome of the state ballot. According to a survey by pollster Forschungsgruppe Wahlen, the cdu has a narrow lead with 41% of the vote, down slightly from the last election in 1996, while the sdp has soared from 25.1% to a projected 36%. What's clear is that only a coalition of parties will have enough votes to govern. The cdu currently rules in union with the Free Democrats, while the sdp partners with the Greens. But Schröder's followers in Baden-Württemberg have hinted they will try to form...
...comparing the U.S. economy with the downwardly spiraling Japanese economy, analysts note a host of differences. The main one: the Japan bubble was built on rising real estate values. Banks were heavily exposed through mortgages and commercial-property loans. The U.S. bubble was in a narrow sector of stocks. Some banks are exposed through private equity investments; but for the most part, even if your portfolio tanked, your bank doesn't have much at risk. Healthy banks are vital to a healthy economy...
...here, and people get depressed, so we let it all hang out on the weekend," says Birgir Orn Steinarsson, 25, lead singer for an up-and-coming Icelandic rock group called Maus. Most revelers go from club to club in a giant pub crawl that can jam Reykjavik's narrow streets with up to 5,000 drunken kids every Friday and Saturday night. Some clubs feature deejays and techno rock, while others offer live bands playing anything from R. and B. to the alternative Icelandic rock that singer-actress Bjork made world famous. But music is hardly the only attraction...
...University of Hawaii. She finds herself reluctantly drawn toward the Jewishness that is her birthright, even though her upbringing was secular. Providentially--just maybe--she receives a letter from the long-lost Gary, who is studying the Torah in Jerusalem. Unannounced, Sharon flies there to join him and to narrow her search: "This is the ancient city of Jerusalem; I'm going to get some answers." Alas, Gary is too absorbed in his research to have time for her, and the answers don't arrive...