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...like natural latex because of its breathability, and by its very nature, latex is a supportive material," says Michael Breus, a clinical psychologist specializing in sleep disorders and the author of Good Night: The Sleep Doctor's 4-Week Program to Better Sleep and Better Health. Too pricey? One-third of our lives is spent lying in bed, says Carlos H. Schenck, a staff psychiatrist at the Minnesota Regional Sleep Disorders Center and the author of Sleep: The Mysteries, the Problems and the Solutions. "How important is your sleep?" he asks. "If you like the comfort and quality of natural...
Oddly, the country's economic coherence of the past 15 years has gone hand in hand with political fractiousness. There have been 12 governments since 1991. And the nation still nurses deep wounds. Ethnic Russians make up about one-third of the population, many of them the families of people shipped in by the Soviets to tame its breakaway tendencies. Since independence, thousands of these Russians have passed an exam to become naturalized Estonians. But some 130,000, almost 10% of the population, haven...
...because of the sacrifices cited in the study. “Money and prestige at the expense of human love and interaction do not buy happiness, and I think i-banking is an abominable career for anyone who has their priorities straight,” he wrote. One-third of the women respondents said relationships with their children suffered, while 65 percent of men reported the same detriment. But for some, high salaries are not the only reason to choose these high-pressure jobs, according to the study. Only 43 percent of men and 28 percent of women who qualify...
...that does not lessen his merit as a speaker. To cite a recent example, no one would argue that Harvard, as an institution, supports the politics of former Iranian President Mohammad Khatami, but Harvard was still right to invite Khatami to speak three months ago. His visit generated controversy, but it also deepened the debate on Iran’s nuclear ambitions. A university, as a center of open discourse, is uniquely positioned to improve the quality of relevant debates. As one-third of the so-called “axis of evil” and as the focus...
...Although Arab girls who attend school outperform the boys, the report notes, they generally have fewer educational opportunities - the Arab countries collectively have one of the highest rates of female illiteracy in the world. Lack of education and gender discrimination combine to keep the percentage of employed Arab women at only one-third, the lowest in the world. These conditions contribute to unhealthy lifestyles, resulting in higher rates of disease and deaths linked to pregnancy and childbirth...