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...They must have just been considering the defense," said Joel B. Pollak '99. "Speculation takes more time than analysis...
...after nearly two-thirds of California voters passed the controversial anti-illegal immigration Proposition 187, a state judge threw a monkey wrench into the works. In San Francisco, Superior Court Judge Stuart Pollak issued a temporary restraining order blocking enforcement of 187's provision that bars illegal immigrants from public schools. The judge said 187 conflicts with a 1982 U.S. Supreme Court ruling requiring states to provide a public education to all residents. State Attorney General Dan Lungren vowed to fight the judge all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court. As-yet unchallenged: Prop 187 provisions...
...most pervasive health problems facing the U.S. Researchers have not proved conclusively that losing sleep night after night directly causes physical illness, but studies show that mental alertness and performance can suffer badly. "Sleepiness is one of the least recognized sources of disability in our society," declares Dr. Charles Pollak, head of the sleep-disorder center at Cornell University's New York Hospital in Westchester County. "It doesn't make it difficult to walk, see or hear. But people who don't get enough sleep can't think, they can't make appropriate judgments, they can't maintain long attention...
...hours or even less. In many households, cheating on sleep has become an unconscious and pernicious habit. "In its mild form, it's watching Ted Koppel and going to bed late and then getting up early to get to the gym," says Cornell's Pollak. In extreme cases people stay up most of the night, seeing how little sleep will keep them going. They try to compensate by snoozing late on weekends, but that makes up for only part of the shortfall. Over the months and years, some researchers believe, the deficit builds up and the effects accumulate. "Most Americans...
...theory behind seasonally affected depression is that limited amounts of light can trigger depression," says Pollak, who says that February is a particularly difficult month for students. Experts claim that students are more likely to get depressed during the winter months when daylight hours are shorter and sunlight is less intense...