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...Chaos theory says that behavior that appears to be random is not. The future dynamics of chaotic systems are always defined by their initial conditions. Even the most unruly process cannot defy prediction. That may work for people who have PhDs in math but for the balance of investors chaos is chaos, plain and simple. (See pictures of the Top 10 scared traders...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Chaos Theory Takes Hold Of Corporate Earnings | 1/13/2009 | See Source »

...babies and toddlers are especially susceptible to third-hand smoke, as they tend to be closer to contaminated surfaces, Winickoff explained. He added that because children weigh less, toxins that they inhale affect them more than they do adults. Winickoff and his colleagues collected their data through a national random-digit-dial telephone survey from September to November 2005. Their analysis of the gathered data revealed that 65.2 percent of nonsmokers said they thought that third-hand smoke harms children, compared 43.3 percent of smokers. Additionally, 95.4 percent of nonsmokers said they thought that secondhand smoke is damaging to children?...

Author: By Marianna N Tishchenko, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Study Captures Smoking Beliefs | 1/7/2009 | See Source »

...Beydulla fled again to Turkey in March 2006 but in his second stay, he was stabbed in the leg in a mugging. He was unsure whether it was a random incident or if he was targeted for being Uyghur. After the experience, he no longer felt safe there, so he found a friend in Egypt and left Turkey for University there...

Author: By Elyssa A. L. Spitzer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Harvard Shelters Eastern Scholar | 12/12/2008 | See Source »

...People see this random white kid knocking on doors,” he says, “and they know you’re most likely not from around here...

Author: By Athena Y. Jiang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: ‘No One Leaves’ Keeping People Put | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

...don’t want some random antenna being put up,” said Yang Gao ’11, a Pforzheimer resident. Jokingly, he added, “It could give me brain cancer...

Author: By William N. White, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Quad To Receive Cell Transmitters | 12/11/2008 | See Source »

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