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...keys" standard of airport metal detectors. But Boyd anticipates a use beyond the doorway: mobile units costing less than $10,000 each that a cop could point out a car window and know who on a sidewalk is armed, before a gun is ever drawn. That, says social scientist James Q. Wilson, could "change the way we as a nation deal with guns...
There is also evidence, published in newspapers and magazines such as the New York Times, Forbes and The New Scientist, that smoking can promote concentration, relaxation and weight control as well as help prevent certain diseases, such as endometrial cancer, ulcerative colitis, Parkinson's disease and Alzheimer's disease. Dr. Peter Whitehouse, director of the Alzheimer's Center at the University Hospital of Cleveland, stated that there is a property in nicotine that helps to support brain cells and prevent them from dying...
Goldblum yet again puts his pensive, puzzled face and the arching eyebrows to work. (Remember his tortured scientist-turned-insect role in "The Fly" and the prophesizing scientist in "Jurassic Park"?) His newest movie might well be renamed "A Study of Goldblum" or "Goldblum: Closeup and Personal" based on how often the camera decides to dwell reverently...
...facility, named for a notedeighteenth-century Black mathematician,astronomer, and scientist who built the firstwooden clock, brings the total number of statecharter schools to 21. Other schools includeAcademy of the Pacific Rim Charter School inBoston, which will focus on Pacific Rim culturesand languages, and charter schools in Chelmsfordand Martha's Vineyard...
...bottom line is that there is a substantial increase in the risk of cardiopul-monary-disease-related death in polluted cities," said co-author, who was a visiting scientist at the School of Public Health at the time of the study and is a professor at Brigham Young University...