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...While I would never suggest that watching a lot of television is good for you, there are several limitations to this study. For one thing, it's preliminary--a kind of scientific first draft. Also, it depends on the failing memory of its subjects or the secondhand reports of their families. Even so, it's just the start of what could be a flood of such reports. Not only is Alzheimer's research picking up, but also in 50 years, 14 million Americans could have the disorder, up from 4 million today. So any new twist is bound...
...lawsuits. For instance, unlike previous successful class action suits, such as those involving asbestos or Agent Orange, the plaintiffs against tobacco do not all have similar cases. There are, for example, people who began smoking before warnings were issued, those who started after the warnings and those harmed by secondhand smoke. Then there are the varying interests of the individuals, corporations (such as insurance companies) and government institutions (local, state and federal) bringing the suits. In addition, the Supreme Court and the appellate courts tend to be cautious about the manageability of large class action suits with a diverse group...
...times more likely than nonsmokers to die from lung cancer. Those who inhale their stogies are nearly eight times more likely to succumb to lung cancer than nonsmokers, while non-inhalers are three times as likely. The reason for the death rate among non-inhalers may come down to secondhand smoke - mostly from their own cigars...
...trainee's Army is like a poor, proud family - all patched-up hand-me-downs and secondhand roses. Nearly everything we touch - our tent, our gas mask, our sleeping bag and our M-16 A2 semiautomatic - is merely gear, to be returned in the same worn, perforated, dinged-up condition it was issued...
...only substantial biographical sources are the New Testament Gospels: Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, brief documents written in colloquial Greek late in the generation of those who knew Jesus first- or secondhand. By the end of the 2nd century, these four had become the basic canonical texts of the mainline Christianity of Rome and the Middle East...