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...mixed biscuits in a biscuit mixer" as fast as possible five times. Their average time was 14 sec. on high-estrogen days, vs. 17 sec. when hormone levels were low. On the other hand, the women's spatial abilities -- picking a shape out of a complex pattern, for example -- were stronger on low-estrogen days...
...voters, the Democrats are still the party of militant blacks, meddlesome social workers, uppity feminists and draft-card-burning protesters. Such images not only are unfair but also reflect some of the nation's most deep-seated prejudices. Sad to say, they also provide a convincing explanation for the pattern inherent in the defeats of Hubert Humphrey, George McGovern, Jimmy Carter, Walter Mondale and now Dukakis...
...placing stricter limits on gender ratiosin incoming sophomore classes. Currently, theratio of males to females in each house'ssophomore class must be between 1 to 1 and 2 to 1.The recommendations would allow masters to bringthose parameters closer to the campus-wide ratioof 1.3 to 1 if a pattern of imbalance arose...
...little-known phenomenon his model was predicting had not been witnessed since the mid- 1970s. By last summer, however, Barnett's forecast was borne out by a "monstrous" 7 degreesF plunge in ocean surface temperatures off * equatorial South America. The drop heralded the arrival of a mysterious weather pattern called La Nina, which brings unusually cold temperatures to the eastern Pacific. La Nina has since swept to the center of the climatic stage recently vacated by its better known heat-producing sibling El Nino...
...Employer, [Harvard], argues that, even if no particular element of the Union's strategy independently warrants setting aside the election, the pattern of misconduct requires that result. To my knowledge no case has been cited whereby that policy has been invoked [where there has not been evidence] of coercion, misstatements, bribery, violence, or vandalism...