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...indicative of further character weaknesses; obese people are perceived as less intelligent, outgoing and competent. Even if smoking is occasionally viewed as an indication of dependence and lack of self-discipline, the similarities end there. Obesity is a far more complicated condition that results from the interplay of genetics, socio-cultural cues and environmental factors. While someone may consciously take up smoking, few if any consciously decide to attain that coveted cool state of morbid obesity. One does not inhale a Twinkie, thus resigning oneself to the health hazards that accompany obesity, the way one picks up and inhales...
...partner basis to have contracted a sexually transmitted disease, gotten pregnant and generally suffered all the problems that the Heritage Foundation would have one believe that abstinent teens are immune to. What’s more, the number of partners someone has can be more readily predicted by socio-economic factors than it can by any matrix of abstinence programs, pledges or the like. It seems that whether someone has sex while in high school or younger is largely a result of their upbringing or background...
...lawsuits and the state probes is soaring hospital charges. You've heard of the $10 aspirin? It's that pricey because hospitals mark up costs an average of 232%--as much as 673% at the 100 priciest institutions, according to a recent study by the Institute for Health and Socio-Economic Policy. Hospitals do this largely because insurers negotiate discounts off the list price, creating incentives to inflate charges. That expensive aspirin also subsidizes other items and services--a widespread practice...
...these numbers result from socio-economic trends: many schools are funded by local property taxes which have caused gross disparities among districts, often built on income and race. Even though the law desegregated schools, many blacks never made it out of the poor inner cities to the better-funded schools usually found in the suburbs. Carter sees affirmative action as one way to bridge the gap. Once blacks were free to go ahead and attend white schools, "they were supposed to be on the same starting line. But, they need some kind of help to get them into the mainstream...
...merely a reflection of the times, but I believe that my peers at Harvard have awakened a political awareness in me that would have otherwise have remained dormant,” he says. “I can’t help but comment on and reflect socio-political currents in my work...