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Although the amount of weight lost was small, researchers say its effect is important and cumulative. Healthy nine-to-13-year-old girls typically have a BMI between 16 and 19; the BMI of the girls in the study group was on average between 27 and 28. "If you start with a preteen with a BMI of 27, and if she continues to increase her BMI at her current rate, in six months she would probably be at 28," says Armstrong. "But instead of going from 27 to 28, she now goes from 27 to 26.3, which would...
...into changing their votes to ease final passage. While Democrats praised Obama for getting more members to come on board, Republicans - who only last week had credited McCain with at least bringing House Republicans to the bargaining table - had little good to say about their candidate. Obama was praised nine times in the Democratic press conference following the vote; McCain was not once mentioned in the GOP press conference before the vote. Having been burned by his participation last week, the Republican largely stayed away. "They told me [McCain] was going to call me," says Representative Sue Myrick, a North...
...liked to joke that "a bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it." But that too changed as easy credit bloomed and usury became another of those vices that had somehow lost its juice. The average American has nine credit cards with a total $17,000 balance. We borrow against our houses and pensions to live in a way that dares us to actually grow old. "Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon," Fidelity mastermind Peter Lynch advised, but we embraced all kinds...
...football team, however, is beating the Harvard Crimson on the gridiron since its 17-7 victory in 1996. Tomorrow, head coach Frank Tavani will lead his squad against the visiting Crimson (1-1, 0-1 Ivy League), hoping to come out on top for the first time in his nine-year tenure. Not surprisingly, the Leopards enter this game with a chip on their shoulder...
Crimson inside linebacker Eric Schultz, defensive end Peter Ajayi and the rest of the defensive front seven must stop Curley, White, and Co. and force turnovers—seemingly the only weakness in Lafayette’s rushing attack. Already, Lafayette has fumbled the ball nine times and lost five of them...