Word: reasonings
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Many people, students and top University administrators alike, praise Epps for the job he has done here. Yet, paradoxically, students may soon be losing their dean. Frankly, it just doesn't make sense to me. Knowles cites the changes in students' lives over the last 30 years as a reason the position of Dean of Students may no longer be necessary. But if anything, students' lives have become more complicated since 1970, and accordingly, we could probably use an even more elaborate Dean of Students office than the one which currently exists. Furthermore, why should other deans be deciding whether...
...kicking the habit. Nobody says it will be easy. A national survey made public last week by the Hazelden Foundation of Center City, Minn., found that it took former smokers, on average, at least 10 attempts over 18 years before they finally stopped for good. The No. 1 reason for quitting, cited by more than half of all ex-smokers: health concerns or an actual health problem, like suffering a heart attack. Six out of 10 quit the hard way, by going cold turkey (which may give you a clue as to why it took them so long...
This schizophrenic stock market keeps offering us the chance to buy great companies at good prices, as one sector after another rapidly rotates from favored to hated. Now in the doghouse, for no good reason, are the banks. Two weeks ago, mutual funds and other big investors decided these stocks had become "must owns," given the Federal Reserve's new bias toward easier credit. Shares of the Chases and Citigroups were flying out the door. An index of bank stocks peaked in July at 932, then plummeted to 592 in early October before vaulting back...
...More reason to get high blood pressure under control: the condition may go to your head. A 20-year study finds that over time, folks with hypertension have greater difficulty mastering new information and solving problems than their healthier peers. Subtle changes in the brain's arteries...
...months ago, after the President admitted to a dalliance with Monica Lewinsky, Jones took that as vindication of her own claim that Clinton made a sexual advance toward her in 1991. She then dropped her demand for an apology, a key reason why earlier settlement talks had foundered. Last Friday, after negotiations complicated by a million-dollar sweetener from eccentric New York millionaire Abe Hirschfeld, Jones settled the case for $850,000--a tidy premium over the $700,000 she sought when she brought...