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Working with the manufacturer of the slow-release naltrexone, Dr. Sandra Lapham of the Behavioral Health Research Center of the Southwest, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, reanalyzed data from earlier studies, teasing out findings that specifically focused on the drug's effectiveness during 10 U.S. holidays. Comparing patients who received the naltrexone shots to those who received placebos, she found a reduction in the number of days the subjects drank and - on those days they slipped - in the number of drinks they consumed, with a smaller percentage of sessions classified as heavy drinking sessions (five or more drinks...
Tiller says that business travel will slow but not disappear altogether. "It's more mixed that people think," he says. "We're hearing that pharma and agra companies are actually increasing their travel budget." Companies, while not cutting out travel, are looking for ways to tighten their belt. "Instead of sending 10 people, they'll send 7 to a convention, for fewer days." Instead of sending managers to meet with colleagues, "they'll be spending that money on sending salespeople to meet with their clients." If those salespeople are smart, they'll haggle for freebies and upgrades...
...partly because of the soaring demand from China and India's fast-growing economies, leading many to speculate that the world could actually run short of oil. But just as some long-planned new oil projects in Saudi Arabia and elsewhere came on line, those emerging economies began to slow, and the United States - the world's biggest energy consumer - faced its biggest economic crisis in decades. One result has been that Americans are driving less - 100 billion miles fewer in the first 10 months of this year than in the same period for 2007, according to the U.S. Department...
...month, just weeks after freezing staff hiring in the school. Two weeks ago, Harvard Medical School and FAS administrators asked their departments to plan for 10 percent budget cuts in light of the deteriorating financial situation. And last week, the Harvard Kennedy School announced it would freeze salaries and slow or stop faculty and staff hiring except in cases of "extremely high strategic priority...
...Senate is not to everyone's tastes either. One of those who discovered that it wasn't, ironically enough, was Robert F. Kennedy. When he held the very seat to which Caroline now aspires, R.F.K. bristled at its aggravatingly slow pace, as well as the reality that junior members, no matter how famous, are expected to wait their turn. That, Caroline Kennedy may discover, is the difference between running for the Senate and serving there...