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According to a study of 43 men and women reported in the New England Journal of Medicine, women possess significantly less of the active stomach enzyme. The result is that they absorb about 30% more alcohol into their bloodstreams than men do -- and voila! Taking into account the weight difference between the average man and woman, a mere 2 oz. of liquor has about the same effect on a woman as 4 oz. would on a man. Just why there is such a discrepancy remains a mystery...
...says Barrett, Harvard is not one to issue ultimatums--in part because it does not have the same kind of leverage that for-profit institutions of comparable size possess. Other large corporations, Barrett says, may threaten to pack up and leave the area--taking valuable jobs and tax dollars with them--if their demands aren't met. Harvard does not have that option...
Both claims had a slightly empty ring. Baghdad almost certainly does not possess a satellite or the technology to build one. As for the missiles, Western analysts express some doubts about the accuracy of any longer-range missiles under development in Iraq...
...order to make education truly equitable, we will have to make some people angry. First, we have to take away the veto power of teachers' unions over educational reforms. We need to make teaching the domain of those who have demonstrated competence and ability to teach, not those who possess a meaningless teaching credential...
...Crimson flew out to Lincoln Wednesday, thus allowing ample time to adjust to the one-hour time difference. Harvard may have more trouble adjusting to the height difference--the Cornhuskers possess two seven-footers and seven others taller than...