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...their recent numbers, chances are very good that it will. Dolce & Gabbana leather-accessories and footwear sales rose 35% from March 2004 to March 2005, for example. ?I'm surprised people are so surprised,? Ruella says. ?To me [the impressive year-on-year rises] are quite normal. We grew in our own way. Perhaps the hard part, the fashion, we already did, and now we have to exploit the easier part. What is sure, we prefer to follow our own street...
...install cell-phone antennas in the House buildings. It also charges that Ney pressured Administration officials on behalf of Abramoff and Scanlon's clients. Ney denies having acted improperly. "Whenever Representative Ney took official action--actions similar to those taken by elected representatives every day as part of the normal, appropriate legislative process--he did so based on his best understanding of what was right and not based on any improper influence," Ney spokesman Brian Walsh said...
...plan to go to Maine to visit Laine's parents for Christmas, then to Mexico City and Cancún to see Domenico's mother and brother, as they did last year. Rather than a late dinner, Laine suggests eating early so the baby can be put down close to the normal bedtime. "Think about activities that might be fun for babies, or at least accommodating," she suggests. "If it's an adult-centric activity, understand that one parent may have to stay behind with the baby...
SLEEP Failing to get a good night's sleep can be hazardous to your health, even if you are not a teamster or an airline pilot. For one thing, sleep deprivation goes hand in hand with obesity. In a study of just over 1,000 patients, subjects with normal body mass indexes got 1.86 more hours of sleep a week than those who were overweight. Sleep disorders such as obstructive sleep apnea (OSA) pose even graver risks. Not only does OSA cause raucous snoring, but it can also stop your breathing as often as 60 times an hour, which...
...fear. To test this ability, researchers exposed mutant mice and the control group to a small shock immediately after hearing a loud noise. When hearing the same noise 24 hours later, the “knockout†mice froze in place only about 60 percent as long as normal mice. Other tests were conducted to see if the mice had abnormal hearing or pain sensitivities, but this did not appear to be the case. When normal and mutant mice were placed in a new environment, the mutant mice spent twice as long exploring their new territory as their genetically...