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...neck can also be harmed by less acute kinds of brain disturbances. The chronic stress that millions of people feel from simply trying to deal with the pressures of modern life can unleash a flood of hormones that are useful in the short term but subtly toxic if they persist. Thus it shouldn't come as a surprise that stress-reduction strategies that take pressure off the mind--meditation, yoga, relaxation exercises and such--can take the heat off the body as well...
...stocks, now view the economy and the stock market as pretty much the same thing. Which is why, despite the fact that the shallowest recession in history ended more than a year ago, and despite continued low interest rates, relatively low unemployment and negligible inflation, many Americans persist in believing that the economy is faltering and getting worse. With the markets in their worst slump since the Great Depression, it's no wonder. And so, as Ryan Lizza wrote in this week's New Republic, Bush's plan is driven by a faith in the "wealth effect" -- the theory that...
...extremely contagious virus, whose symptoms usually persist for 24 to 48 hours, was responsible for the highly publicized illnesses aboard cruise-ships in recent months...
Even as Lott tried to put the controversy behind him, he ensured that it would persist. He announced that he would discuss it for an hour this week on the Black Entertainment Television channel, owned by Robert Johnson, a Mississippi native who is black. Meanwhile, Democrats are debating whether to seek a resolution that would formally censure Lott, which they could introduce as soon as Congress returns to Washington...
...race goes way beyond Lott and infects their entire party. The sad truth is that many Republican leaders remain in a massive state of denial about the party's four-decade-long addiction to race-baiting. They won't make any headway with blacks by bashing Lott if they persist in giving Ronald Reagan a pass for his racial policies...