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...rate of change in performance on the tests, which were initially given every six months and then yearly, was similar for both the ginkgo and placebo groups. "Quite frankly, one of the things that surprised us was that for an extract that has been around for this long, there ought to be a signal of some sort, or we ought to see some effect for it to have maintained its reputation for so long," says DeKosky. "And we didn...
...precedence over a merely parochial one like the Red Sox World Series victory, which is of absolutely no interest to the rest of the world. Sri Lanka's victory over the terrorist Tamil Tigers surely is a bright spot not only in this decade but for all history, and ought to receive its proper recognition. Ravi Gunawardana Nugegoda, Sri Lanka...
...problem. And he revealed to reporters that it was the request from Ferrari that fueled his desire to make a permanent return to the cockpit. "I really didn't feel like it was what I wanted when Ferrari asked me, but when I felt the responsibility, I thought I ought to do it," he says. "What Ferrari initiated has triggered what you see right...
...loves a look at the year ahead more than the folks who manage money for a living (or who sell advice about how to manage it). That makes perfect sense. Unlike the people predicting, say, the rise of homemade beer, the professionals who get paid to grow portfolios really ought to have a handle on the future. What's the best way to make money? Figure out what's about to go up in value and buy a lot of it before anyone else catches on. (See the best business deals...
...always been self-contradictory of me to discourse on the Chinese system of geomancy and the notion that the arrangement of landscape and objects affects well-being. At dinner parties, I can denounce mysticism - or yogic flying or reincarnation - as shrilly as any Red Guard, and declare that Christians ought to be deprived of the vote. But I'm also capable, at the evening's conclusion, of telling my hosts that their Arne Jacobsen chairs are blocking the chi in their green-dragon corner. The fact that I'm half-Chinese always seemed to make this O.K. Sure, feng shui...