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...deeper into the data behind a country's ranking, and there are often surprises lurking. The U.S., for instance, grabs the No. 1 slot for 10 measures, but in certain areas it flails. It scores 69th for primary-school enrollment and 75th in ability to fend off organized crime. The U.S. does particularly poorly when it comes to macroeconomic gauges: 89th for level of government debt, 107th for savings rate. "It's a real warning sign coming out of the data," says Blanke...
...competition, kids who love the game of basketball, and who give great effort to improve themselves. I love that about the players we’ve encountered here so far.”Brown, picked to finish fifth in the Ivy League preseason media poll—one slot ahead of Harvard, travelled to Michigan last weekend. The Wolverines knocked off the Bears, 72-57.The Michigan squad graduated its three leading scorers from last season, including big man Courtney Sims, who recently signed a 10-day contract with the NBA’s Indiana Pacers. Michigan freshman guards Manny Harris...
...gambling boom has been a curse that has fed their addiction. For habitual gamblers and those prone to developing the habit, "Macau is really dangerous nowadays," says Ava Chan, former counselor at the Yat On Pathological Gambler's Counselling Centre in Macau. "Next to your house, there are slot machines. Across the street, there are casinos. Society doesn't realize the problem. They just think: Economic growth, no problem...
...Treatment programs can help. When computerized poker and slot machines were introduced to New Zealand in 1988, gaming operators provided funding for a national gambling hotline, counseling centers, public-awareness campaigns and research. As a result, gambling addiction rates fell from 7% in 1991 to 3% in 1999. Gambling "is a lot like a ski slope," says Bo Bernhard, director of gambling research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. "A bunch of people race down and have a wonderful time, but inevitably, you'll have a proportion that falls. You have to have a hospital at the bottom...
...exuberantly tasteless comedy show called Little Britain. Featuring such popular characters as an incoherent delinquent called Vicky Pollard and a pugnacious, latex-clad homosexual named Dafydd Thomas, who deludedly believes he is "the only gay in the village," Little Britain drew a mass following and won a primetime slot on BBC1. But although BBC3's share of viewers aged 16-24 has risen by 47% since October 2006, its audience still amounts to only a 3.7% share of viewers in that age group. BBC broadcaster John Humphrys, who vies with Paxman for the distinction of being Britain's least emollient...