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Re your report on obesity in children [HEALTH, Aug. 25]: Tobacco and alcoholic beverages are unhealthy and unnecessary. Society has chosen to impose taxes on them in proportion to the problems they cause. Why not a tax on junk food? The resulting income could fund medical research, provide health insurance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Sep. 15, 2003 | 9/15/2003 | See Source »

Our study is the first national evaluation of social norms programs, and our findings speak for themselves. Our study is based on a nationally representative sample of U.S. colleges, including responses from three student surveys about alcohol use in 1997, 1999 and 2001. The study also included information from college...

Author: By Henry Wechsler, | Title: Social Norms Programs Fail | 9/12/2003 | See Source »

But whereas a very small proportion of Muslims worldwide identified with al-Qaeda's actions, a substantially larger proportion agreed with bin Laden's indictment of the U.S. as an enemy of Muslim interests - U.S. support for Israel's actions against the Palestinians, the impact of a decade of sanctions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Al-Qaeda Today: Not Winning, But Not Losing, Either | 9/10/2003 | See Source »

Democrats will also dissect Leavitt's own environmental record during his 10 years as Governor. Data in an unreleased EPA report show that under Leavitt, Utah had a high proportion of polluters emitting at unacceptable levels. Between 1999 and 2001, 30% of Utah facilities with federal licenses to release a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Questions for Leavitt | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

Tom Conroy, a Yale spokesperson, said the proportion of unionized workers who showed up for work indicates that the university’s offer “is a good offer.”

Author: By Alexander J. Blenkinsopp, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Yale Workers' Strike Drags Into 13th Day | 9/8/2003 | See Source »

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