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...that she's truly notorious, having told a London audience in 2003, on the eve of the Iraq war, "Just so you know, we're ashamed the President of the United States is from Texas," Maines has one regret: the apology she offered George W. Bush at the onset of her infamy. "I apologized for disrespecting the office of the President," says Maines. "But I don't feel that way anymore. I don't feel he is owed any respect whatsoever...
...people, once they're in a safe place, experience a more intense emotional response." The danger for Webb and Russell is post-traumatic stress disorder, whose many and varied symptoms can take up to a decade to emerge. Relative levels of stoicism aren't pointers to the onset of this illness, which has its roots in the survival instinct common to all of us. "I've had several patients who've been buried alive," says psychiatrist McFarlane, "and it's an overwhelmingly intense experience. You might do everything you can to forget it, but the simplest things can revive...
...shocking 17% of kids, with another 15% at risk. Children who start life fat often stay that way, with all the attendant health consequences. Kids as young as 10 are turning up with obesity-related Type 2 diabetes, which used to be known as the adult-onset form of the disease. The Clinton-backed plan would cut off a significant part of the sugar stream that's causing those problems. "This one policy can add years and years and years to the lives of a very large number of young people," Clinton said after the deal was announced...
...wide range in the severity of symptoms - from profound disability to milder forms like Asperger syndrome, in which intellectual ability is generally high but social awareness is low. Indeed, doctors now prefer the term Autistic Spectrum Disorders (ASD). But scientists suspect there are also distinct subtypes, including an early-onset type and a regressive type that can strike as late...
...Hofstra University, Harvard looks to bounce back with a win against Dartmouth. Last time out, the Crimson faced a difficult task: topple a top-ten team on the road. The Pride squad, inspired by a crowd filled with more than 100 former players, controlled the game from the onset. Combined with poor composure and a slow start, Harvard found itself in a hole from which there was no escape. “[Hofstra] matched us athletically,” coach Scott Anderson said. “They were a more mature and confident team. We weren?...