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...mercury warnings into her recommendation that women eat light canned tuna and white-meat fish, which are low in mercury and high on brain-boosting fatty acids.Oken—who is, ironically, allergic to shellfish—says that while she is not sure if pregnant women will react to her paper by eating more fish, “it’s probably prudent” for them to follow the FDA regulations concerning shark and swordfish. Within the next year, individual states will propose specific recommendations about what kinds of seafood are safe for pregnant women...
...gave up 8% of their salary to underwrite an employee stock-ownership plan, or ESOP. It was created to thwart a corporate takeover and "to provide a retirement benefit" to Polaroid employees to supplement their pension, the company pledged. Alas, it was not to be. Polaroid was slow to react to the digital revolution and began to lose money in the 1990s. From 1995 to 1998, the company racked up $359 million in losses. As its balance sheet deteriorated, so did the value of its stock, including shares in the ESOP. In October 2001, Polaroid sought bankruptcy protection from creditors...
...again immediately,” he said. Others said they simply had no time to adjust. Michalek went straight from her time abroad to a summer job at a law firm, and then back to college. “I didn’t really have the time to react,” she said. And St. Michael’s College’s senior Kara Burrage said she needed “alone time to reflect.” “I pretty much secluded myself,” she said. “I didn?...
...three students at Seton Hall University died in a dormitory fire. Such tragedies are avoidable, however, and we call upon the University to raise awareness of fire safety—and for students to react more responsibly when they hear the shrill wail of a fire alarm...
...resolvable problems; rather, they’re caused by a myriad of random events, such as a bag of popcorn that burned in a microwave, an accumulation of dust in a basement, or other such unpredictable circumstances. Fire detection systems aren’t human beings, and they will react to these types of occurrences as they would to a real fire hazard. Realistically, the sensitivity of fire alarms cannot be reduced without somehow compromising student safety, which is, of course, the overriding concern...