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Among the younger, binge-prone set, feminism may have added--however indirectly--to women's recent achievements in the alcohol-consumption department. Second-wave feminists, meaning those who forged the movement in the 1970s, were, as third wavers never tire of pointing out, just a wee bit on the puritanical side--washing down their tofu with Celestial Seasonings and constantly harping on the danger of date rape. So if you're 17 and want to express your grrrl-ish toughness, while simultaneously kicking sand in Mom's face, what better way than to go out and get "roofed...
...eventually leaves with a clean bill of health. Soon afterward he drops dead of a heart attack. Why didn't his tests show anything amiss? Cardiologists are increasingly convinced they have discovered the answer. Evidence is growing that not all the fatty deposits found in coronary arteries are equally prone to trigger heart attacks. Often the smallest, least detectable plaques are the most dangerous--because of their unhappy tendency to burst, triggering the formation of a clot that blocks a blood vessel...
Will such be the fate of The Rookie? Oh, say it ain’t so. For this is a rare breed of Disney movie: One that respects itself and its audience. Coming from a genre so prone to sentimentality, The Rookie is a class act, and should have no trouble satisfying even the worst of cynics...
Harvard’s defense will face its toughest challenge all year in trying to stop Maine’s high-powered transition game. Although the Crimson blueliners have shown considerable improvement in the last few weeks, they are still prone to occasional defensive breakdowns. Two such lapses led directly to Cornell goals last week...
...authors discovered that women who consumed two to three alcoholic beverages per week were 15 percent less prone to hypertension than non-drinkers...