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...junior editor at Doubleday when she helped produce Anne Frank's Diary of a Young Girl in 1952. During a 1963 newspaper strike, she helped launch the Review with her then husband Jason Epstein and shared, with Robert Silvers, responsibility of editing it for the next 43 years. Her sharp pencil and abiding friendliness won the admiration of authors as well as readers, and the biweekly became known as a hive of intellectual vigor, ambitious writing and unapologetically liberal views...
...growth in Europe is slowing, not accelerating. A large part of U.S. growth has been driven by booming real estate prices. But in the past two years, the Fed has increased rates 16 times, so real estate-driven consumption is yesterday's news. Tomorrow's story will be the sharp fall in U.S. growth as consumers face higher mortgage costs. That dynamic could become particularly nasty, given the record level of U.S. household debt, government deficit and unequaled current-account shortfall...
...wasting away reaches such a hazardous level that bones become fragile. They lose their usual spongelike appearance and are more like porous lace. While both men and women experience bone loss, women are much more susceptible to osteoporosis. Bone deteriorates faster after menopause, probably in part because of a sharp drop in levels of the hormone estrogen...
...seen the guy,” Osborne said. “The amount of money you pay, the amount of effort you put in. You want to summit.”Media reports lauded Hall’s rescue, contrasting it to the recent death of British climber David Sharp. Just last month, the 34 year-old was left to die on the side of a pass as around 40 climbers trekked by. No one gave up the summit to see that he survived.Osborne says such an act is “bullshit...
...address the declining enrollment, was held in a roundtable format, meaning that committee members could speak freely but the public could not ask questions. It was the result of a resolution sponsored at the last regular School Committee meeting by member Patricia M. Nolan ’80, a sharp critic of the school district’s leadership. The roundtable began with a presentation by Clifford Cook, a Cambridge city planner, who showed long-term data indicating that the number of children born and living in Cambridge has declined over the past several decades. Superintendent of Schools Thomas Fowler...