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...boys and girls who casually pick fights, have sex and keep the emergency services fully occupied are often fueled by cheap booze. British youngsters drink their Continental European counterparts under the table: in 2003, according to the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR), 27% of British 15-year-olds had been drunk 20 times or more, compared to 12% of young Germans, 6% of Netherlands youth and only 3% of young French. British kids were also involved more frequently in fights (44% in the U.K. to 28% in Germany). They are more likely to try drugs or start smoking young...
...publications. Arnold added that the EAC, which has worked at reducing printing before, would “certainly support things like that [program].” Reference volumes provided by the college, which are printed on a yearly basis, can quickly become obsolete, Arnold added. “I pick a lot of my courses online, and I believe a lot of students are doing the same thing,” he said. Seidel, a Berkeley graduate who ran for the council partially on an environmentalist platform, mentioned at Monday’s meeting that the waste of natural resources...
...Forbidden City and the Great Wall as some of the country’s “greatest hits” that she plans to visit. Though she didn’t get to choose the spring break location this year, Faust said she had already made a pick for 2009: Cape Town, South Africa. “I’m very excited about this because my area of scholarly expertise is the American South, and so much of that originates in African American and African history,” she said. Next week will mark Faust?...
Koga claims the frame is 130% stiffer than Bos' last bike and accounts for the world champion's near perfect record over the past couple of years. The company has tried to pick up speed in other ways too, from altering Bos' riding position to using compressive clothing that supports his muscles and improves aerodynamics...
...spending nearly $30 million this year expanding its boatyards in Poole and nearby Portland. Ferretti spent some $74 million last year upgrading its operations to handle increased production, while Azimut-Benetti, another Italian manufacturer, is spending $323 million over the next two years on its facilities. So go ahead, pick your metaphor--clear sailing, running with the tide, full speed ahead--the yachtmakers have it going for them...