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...POWERFUL PREDICTOR Had your high-sensitivity C-reactive protein tested lately? Maybe you should, even if you've never heard of it. Its presence indicates inflamed arteries, and researchers report that it may be more strongly linked to heart attacks than cholesterol. A study of 28,000 healthy women found that those with high blood levels of hs-CRP (as your doctor calls it) are 4 1/2 times as likely to suffer a heart attack or stroke even if their cholesterol count is normal. The test for hs-CRP is inexpensive and has been approved for use since late last...
...advisers are quick to offer excuses for McCain's loss. This was not, they say, a referendum on McCain's "electability." Results in conservative South Carolina, they go on to spin, are hardly repr'sentative of the nation as a whole - Michigan's primary will be a more accurate predictor of general voting sentiment. And, as the talking heads, ever anxious to keep the contest alive, are quick to point out, while the support of the religious right was a wonderful tool for Bush in South Carolina, in more moderate states it may prove to be something of a monkey...
...problems, even though the $165 billion takeover is the biggest in history. "This thing is instantly available everywhere...so it's my view that this is kind of a clean break with the past," said Levin. "I don't see a regulatory problem." He is undoubtedly right as a predictor of government (in)action. Which is to say the takeover will probably be the beneficiary of the Robert Bork-Chicago School efficiency theory of antitrust, which bloomed with Reagan and his deregulators...
...state officials counter that the tests are a reliable predictor of classroom performance...
...that prescription, Putnam adds addressing urban sprawl, as it encourages living in isolation from communities, and an increased emphasis on extracurriculars in junior high and high school. "Extracurricular activities," he argues, "are a very good predictor of being civically engaged. I'm actually not worried about Harvard students -- you'll do just fine, because you're all self-selected to be extremely engaged. I am worried about people who are not Harvard kids and who are more likely to be sitting in front...