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...introduce into the equation a beloved family cat, whose excretory habits have already been the subject of slightly strained discussion. Can you predict what he might do, when confronted with a nice, fresh pile of ashes in the midst of a nasty hubbub in which his needs are being ignored? If you can, then you have a taste for something in short supply lately--farce that is divinely invented and perfectly orchestrated...
...AMERICAN The biggest innovation of the 2001 auto season may have to do less with in-dash satellite-navigation systems than with lower sticker prices. Consumers last year rushed to buy foreign cars, and economists now predict an overall spending slowdown. The combination has forced Detroit's Big Three to offer sizable rebates--up to 35% higher than last year's--on next year's models...
However, it is hard to predict what the Supreme Court will decide if it chooses to review the case because it has considered so few biotechnology matters...
...PREDICTING DIVORCE Marriage researchers can now do more than predict whether a couple will divorce, they can predict when the split will occur. A 14-year study of marital dynamics sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health found that couples who divorced in mid-life tended to be cool and distant. By suppressing emotions, the couples stayed together until a mid-life crisis brought those feelings to the surface. Marriages that ended in the first seven years, by contrast, were characterized by high levels of positive and negative emotions. Apparently, "hot" behavior tends to burn out a relationship early...
...headlines. Plus, no one is sure sure how the abortion pill decision will play with the general public. Women's rights organizations are thrilled. Right-to-lifers hate it. But there is a large middle group of Americans who have strong views on abortion, and no one can predict if they will approve of making abortion easier, even if medical data shows the drug is safer than surgical abortion. "If we had our choice, this would not have come in election season," says one official...