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...years of smoking. One study - led by scientists at DeCODE Genetics in Iceland - found that smokers who had one copy of either of the genetic variants smoked more per day than others. The findings suggest that the specific gene variants may increase nicotine addiction, making smokers less likely to quit smoking, and, therefore, increasing their risk of cancer...
Obama surrogates Senators Chris Dodd and Patrick Leahy last week called on the New York Senator to quit the race, questioning her viability as a candidate. Obama himself, however, welcomed Clinton's continued presence in the race, saying the competition has served to energize and turn out Democrats. But at least one Pennsylvania poll shows the race narrowing as Obama outspends Clinton five to one on television and radio ads. And a steady stream of superdelegates breaking for Obama has become a form of Chinese water torture for the Clinton campaign. "The news keeps trumpeting the idea that Clinton mathematically...
...Crimson struggled to fill the outside hitter position. Rapp took it over for this weekend’s matches.“We needed to have some sort of lineup change after all these losses in a row,” Rapp said. “After Jordan quit [playing], it became looking for someone to fill the outside spot. Other people had been given the opportunity, but this was what we thought was the best lineup change.”But for the third straight year, Harvard will not move on to postseason play. Springfield and NYU clinched first...
...final frame, fired eight shots-on-goal—one of which caught the post—and succeeded in every clear attempt, never surrendering possession on transition.“It was a testament to our team’s character that we didn’t quit,” said sophomore midfielder Jason Duboe, who netted two goals in the effort. “Time sort of ran out on us. They built a pretty good lead and they were definitely a very slick team. But two more [shots] fall and we take it to overtime...
...worse? "We could have complained afterwards," says the employer. "But then we could have been charged ourselves for bribery." The electronics shop owner, Adel Shah, 22, puts it succinctly: "Even robbery victims won't go to the courts because you have to pay a bribe. You would have to quit your job in order to complain to the police, because it takes so much time...