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...while some health educators are already whispering of an epidemic, other researchers, armed with different data, contend that young women aren't closing the gap at all. Indeed, in Wechsler's study, while frequent binge drinking rose slightly more for women than men on all campuses, an increasing number of women reported abstaining from alcohol altogether. Critics claim that although it may seem that women are suffering more alcohol-related problems, the number of reports may be rising because researchers, who for years did not ask about unplanned pregnancies or sexual assault, are finally posing relevant questions. And then there...
...with college-age women for her book Happy Hours: Alcohol in a Woman's Life. "They associate drinking with power, and they think that if they drink like a guy, they will be like a guy." At the University of Colorado at Boulder, where frequent binge drinking among women rose 67% between 1993 and 2000, women routinely brag of matching men in alcohol consumption. Sarah, 21, describes a "keg stand"--two friends suspend you by your ankles over a keg, and you guzzle as much cheap beer as quickly as you can--and beams: "There are girls...
...global status? Why can't Jerusalem be governed by an arm of the U.N., so that it is part of neither Israel nor a new Palestine but rather a city for everyone? That way, the Israelis and the Palestinians would be on totally equal footing, with equal access. ROSE MARIE CLEESE San Mateo, Calif...
...strongest increase in giving came from private foundations—which gave almost one-fifth more in 2001 than the year before. Overall, colleges and universities find their largest source of funding among alumni contributions, but compared to the large increase in foundation giving, alumni support rose by just 0.4 percent last year...
...seven centuries after the frescoes' completion, their jewel-box colors faded and in some places fell off, salts rose to the surface and gilding tarnished. But the chapel's masterpieces also face modern threats. Air pollution has become a serious problem. And only eight years after the last restoration, finished in 1963, it became obvious that it had done more harm than good. Neglecting to test his materials first, restorer Leonetto Tintori used synthetic resins to fix the painted layer to the plaster. As the resins aged, they hardened and the wall could no longer "breathe." Without further treatment...