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Discouragement and stress are serious issues for ghost workers. "Already we're coping with 9/11 and the possibility of war with Iraq," says Michael Faenza, a social worker and head of the National Mental Health Association. "On top of that, the larger workload and stress on productivity leave workers less able to focus on the work at hand. It can lead to depression, anxiety, substance abuse...
...disparity between the two schools. In their Pharisaic attempts to misrepresent reality, some might point to the fact that Harvard has drawn in the range of 370 to 380 National Merit Scholars each year, while Yale generally attracts “only” about 150. They might stress that Harvard generally triples or quadruples Yale in most other such programs, including Presidential Scholars, USA Today high school All- Academic Team members, and National Achievement Scholars, etc. They might mention that close to 80 percent of the students that Harvard admits choose to enroll, while 65 percent of students accepted...
Riley and other University administrators stress, however, that there was never a credible or specific threat against Commencement...
...dead or captive. Anya and more than 750 other hostages had escaped alive, including some 30 children and 75 foreigners. But at least 90 Russian citizens died in the operation: killed in cross fire, perhaps, or suffocated by the mysterious gas, or even felled by heart attacks. Russian officials stressed that the deaths resulted from the siege's privations and stress. Nevertheless, Moscow hospitals appealed for blood, and eyewitnesses saw unconscious bodies carried from the theater. Many of the freed were delivered straight to toxicological wards to be treated for gas poisoning. The televised pictures of those female guerrillas, explosive...
...WATER Throw a dart at a map of the Izu Peninsula and you'll likely hit an onsen, or hot spring. These naturally occurring geothermic sources are the primary reason Japanese tourists flock to the Izu, and rightly so: the baths, often attached to hotels, make for a stress-killing date with relaxation. Shimoda and its environs boast a number of splendid onsen inns, or ryokan, like the Kannon, 15 kilometers out of town. A room for one including two meals goes for $120 a night. Call (81-55) 828 1234 for reservations. But if you just want to take...