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Meanwhile, the MBTA is operating in considerable debt, with one-third of its budget going to debt service, according to Glen Tepke of the Mass. Taxpayers Foundation...
...notion of government promotion of marriage may seem odd, if not dubious, but the idea has supporters on both the left and the right. In Oklahoma G.O.P. Governor Frank Keating aims to cut the divorce rate one-third within a decade. Indiana's Democratic Senator Evan Bayh, a fan of Horn's, says that marriage promotion is worth a try. "What's the harm?" he asks. For his part, Horn swears he's not out to be the bad cop of matrimony or to trap people in abusive unions. "The money in this bill goes to help people who have...
...becoming more worldly, U.S. cheesemakers are increasingly producing Bries, mozzarellas and blues that can hold their own on fromage platters all over the planet. Competing against entries from 19 other nations at the recent 2002 World Championship Cheese Contest, American-made cow's-milk cheeses won 49 awards, nearly one-third more prizes than in 2000. Ten years ago, there were only a handful of American specialty-cheese makers challenging Velveeta for American taste buds; currently there are more than 250 artisanal cheesemakers (many of whom are profiled in the encyclopedic book The New American Cheese, by Laura Werlin). While...
...middle of the day, one-third of the group took an hour-long nap, while another third slept for half an hour. The remaining volunteers...
Health professionals need to be more alert to older patients' substance abuse, cautions a new report in the Elder Law Journal. As many as 1 in 6 Americans age 60 or older is overly dependent on alcohol; one-third of these heavy drinkers are "late-onset abusers" who turn to drink after a major lifestyle change, such as the death of a spouse. Many doctors fail to consider substance abuse as a cause of symptoms. Others shrug off suspicions because they feel the patient "does not have much else to look forward...