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...eating more often than their peers, which the authors theorize can be explained by the fact that vegetarians are simply more aware and disciplined about what they eat and are, therefore, more likely to report overindulging. (It could also be that vegetarians are hungrier in general and somewhat more prone to bouts of binge eating...
...admitted that chances were dwindling of finding additional victims alive. More than 6,000 rescue workers and volunteers have responded since the quake struck. The immediate concern for saving lives and finding emergency shelter for the survivors will eventually be replaced by questions about retrofitting efforts. The earthquake-prone country has two major fault lines, and vast numbers of people live and work in old buildings...
...Bennett calls this last tenet into question. Bennett offers up examples of companies whose goal-driven business models led them to fail, from GM’s ill-fated drive to capture 29 percent of the automobile market to Ford’s disregard for warnings about the combustibility-prone Pinto in its disastrous determination to win back market share. What goes for business goes for life—Bennett quotes Adam Galinsky, a professor at Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management, who warns that goal-setting in general “can focus attention too much...
...Washington Park, which is tucked between a middle-income neighborhood of rowhouses and a rather bleak stretch of Chicago's South Side. Officials here also will play up Chicago's extensive public transportation network, although there is reason to be skeptical about whether its train system - which is aging, prone to delays and frequently dirty - can be significantly improved in time for the Games. And being the adopted home of the leader of the free world doesn't hurt either: President Obama has long expressed support for Chicago's bid and appeared in a video promoting it shortly after last...
...outbreak of the norovirus. About 100 students and staff have been affected by this virus, which Harvard University Health Services Director David S. Rosenthal '59 says is usually spread through hand-to-mouth contact. Rosenthal notes, "People who live in dorms and eat in the same dining rooms are prone to getting this type of thing...