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...some people hopelessly addicted to cigarettes, while others can seemingly quit at will? It may be, suggests recent research, that in those unlucky individuals who appear to be "born to smoke," nicotine triggers a pattern of brain activity that makes kicking the habit practically impossible. This strong neurobiological reaction to nicotine appears to be associated with hostile personalities marked by anger, aggression and anxiety...
...push-button controller. VTech has a new video-game platform aimed at kids 3 to 7, called VSmile--for learning, of course. "Moms aren't happy when their kids want to play video games," says Julia Fitzgerald, a VTech marketing executive. "We wanted to take this play pattern and make it work for moms." Hasbro came out with a portable color video player this year, called VideoNow, and has been putting classic games like Battleship, Boggle and Yahtzee into handheld electronic format...
...know myself and I know the way people perceive me well enough to know the effect of the awkward juxtapositions.” She, however, is comfortable with her own idiosyncracies. “I think I have a tremendous fear of falling into some sort of pattern,” she confesses...
People who say Kinsey is to blame for the sexual revolution may be right. What they forget, however, is that the sexual openness of the 1960s on forward had to come out of the sexually repressive decade before. If we follow this pattern, then in the decades to come we’ll experience a new wave of sexual progress. Historical patterns lead me to believe that the Neo-conservative, sexually repressive current state of affairs will give way to a second sexual revolution, in which we learn all sorts of new kinky facts about our fellow Americans...
...Crimson’s second game this year, at home against Rhode Island, it looked like it would follow that pattern, as the Rams took advantage of sloppy play to maintain a lead throughout the game. But Harvard (4-2) rallied to send the game into overtime, and in the extra period, put together five solid minutes of basketball to come away with...