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Krueger notes that the type of pain people reported typically fell on either side of the rich-poor divide. "Those with higher incomes welcome pain almost by choice, usually through exercise," he says. "At lower incomes, pain comes as the result of work." Indeed, Krueger and Stone found that blue-collar workers felt more pain, from physical labor or repetitive motion, while on the job than off, which at least offers hope that the problem can be mitigated. This finding "emphasizes the need for pain preventing measures [in the workplace] such as better ergonomics," wrote Juha H.O. Turunen, a professor...
...draft requires the approval of both the CCL and CHL before it can be presented for final approval by the Dean of the College. The approval was nearly delayed until the fall as a result of the concerns. Instead a meeting was scheduled for next week which will keep the process on track for implementation before the next school year...
...fire was caused by some kind of cable malfunction that sparked explosions and fires, according to ABC's Boston affiliate, WCVB. NStar said 700 customers were without electricity as a result of the blasts...
...meantime, hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars were unnecessarily spent, and worse yet, too many of our most precious military resource, our American soldiers, were unnecessarily wounded, maimed, and killed as a result. In my mind, this action by the Bush administration amounts to gross incompetence and dereliction of duty. From the book Wiser in Battle. Copyright ? 2008 by Ricardo S. Sanchez. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers...
...leaks, British media coverage of the McCanns has been largely sympathetic. Nevertheless, as Greenslade notes, much of the British public has developed a skeptical view of the couple. The McCanns' understandable effort to keep their daughter's fate in the headlines inadvertently turned them into celebrities, he says. "The result is two negatives: they're seen as by some as bad parents, and they're famous for being bad parents. So, there's been a license to trash them. And it's cruel." In the documentary, the couple reveal the type of hate mail they've received. One writer called...