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...private schools are undoubtedly part of that story," says Geoff Mulgan, head of the Young Foundation and previously head of Blair's Policy Unit. "They've become an even more powerful part of élite formation and reproduction." Reports released by the Sutton Trust show that the privately educated retain a powerful, indeed growing, hold on many influential jobs. Even though they educate only 7% of secondary-school children, private schools are responsible for 68% of barristers, 42% of top politicians and 54% of leading journalists. Critics believe the escape hatch private schools give to rich parents means much...
...studies of how people read, Rapp says the most valuable real estate on a two-panel menu (one that opens like a magazine) is the upper-right-hand corner. That area, he says, should be reserved for more profitable dishes since it is the best place to catch--and retain--the reader's gaze...
Moreover, researchers point out, although calcium does help build bone and retain it, the mineral is simply one factor in lifelong skeletal health. Some studies have found bone loss is slower in those who engage in such weight-bearing physical activities as running and walking. In one survey, women ages 35 to 65 who took a 50-minute aerobics class three times a week lost only 2.5% of the density in their forearm bones, compared with 9.5% for women who did not exercise. "Osteoporosis is a total life-style problem," emphasizes Heaney. "You can't cure a bad life-style...
...insists that we must use our talents to change the world dramatically. The second maintains that it is more important to focus on the most immediate things, making a difference one person at a time. But how well we fare on either path will depend on how faithfully we retain the most important lesson Harvard has taught us: how to challenge, and be challenged by, other thinkers and ideas, regardless of their prominence or scope...
...solidly Republican district that Cunningham carried with more than 60% and President Bush carried by 11% in the last election. The mere fact that the Democratic challenger, Francine Busby, a school board member, has made the race competitive indicates the difficulties that Republicans could face in trying to retain control of the House this fall. The G.O.P. nominee, Brian Bilbray, is a former member of Congress (and a surfer) with a conservative pedigree that might normally be a good fit for this San Diego district. But he is now a lobbyist - and since Cunningham went to jail because of favors...