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...that a psychologist friend has encouraged him not to go through with these voyeur shows. While he has not pulled the shows from the summer lineup, he has ordered additional screenings of potential contestants. Applicants must endure a battery of psychological and physical endurance tests, but who can really predict what will happen under conditions that are, to say the least, adverse? The German TV execs acknowledged this, and set up a "safe room" in their "Big Brother" house, where the contestants can meet with a psychologist without the pressure of the cameras and microphones. But CBS's current plan...
...lifetime risk of death from labor complications in this part of Africa is 1 in 9. The risk in the U.S. is 1 in 4,000. Numerous factors including nonexistent prenatal care, malnourishment and unsanitary delivery conditions jeopardize the health of mothers and babies. "It's impossible to predict complications," says D'Harcourt. "That's the difficulty with maternal mortality. You can't predict what will go wrong. Certainly, quality of care and treatment play a huge role here." What that means is that even when complications ensue, with the right medical care, lives can be saved. But in Rwanda...
...Friday's sell-off, prompted by the latest inflation figures and fears of interest rate hikes, may have forced traders to begin a more stringent selection process. It's increasingly difficult to predict an upward drift in whole sectors, and the strategy of hedging Dow investments against NASDAQ buys came unstuck Friday when they dived in concert. Still, it's a safe bet that somethinghas to go up, since Friday's sell-off has sent hundreds of billions of dollars roaming in search of new homes. Whether it be bonds or utilities or safer tech stocks or safer blue chips...
...covered in paint, lying amidst threatening notes on his doorstep. Tannahill tells the Times that his goal is simply to protect his son's constitutional rights, but his refusal to abide by the school district policy may have larger ramifications. The case is headed for federal court, and analysts predict it could end up before the Supreme Court - forcing the Justices to elucidate their ambiguous approval of school drug testing...
...only their former allies but also the burgeoning trust of the current administration. "Clearly there's been a lot of friction between Smith & Wesson and the retail stores," says Barnes. And now there's an equally powerful frisson of tension percolating between the feds and the gunmaker; some analysts predict they could end up facing one another as adversaries in a lengthy court battle...