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...Michael Gaziano, clinical fellow in medicineat the Medical School, presented the Harvardgroup's findings before an American HeartAssociation convention in Dallas last month. Thestudy was performed on 333 subjects--a subset ofthe full Physicians' Health Study--who alreadyshowed some signs of heart disease...
After all, Radcliffe had its start as the "Harvard Annex," and its ostensible purpose was to provide access for women to a Harvard education. The history of women at the University, then, was always but a subset of the real story; women were simply an addendum to the course catalogue, an afterthought...
...important way the two societies have changed in opposite directions. Thatcher has taught the British people self- discipline. Reagan and Bush have taught Americans self-indulgence. After the past three American presidential elections, it is unthinkable for an ambitious politician to call on the citizenry -- or any sizable subset of it -- to make the slightest sacrifice for the good of society or its own future prosperity. Thatcher, by contrast, positively delights in delivering bad news and stern sermons. "After almost any major operation, you feel worse before you convalesce. But you do not refuse the operation." That typical...
...Kids offer a combination of fiction and nonfiction stories, puzzles and contests. Then there is the fast-growing crop of special-interest magazines, including Cobblestone (history), Faces (anthropology), Odyssey (space exploration and astronomy), Cricket (fiction), Merlyn's Pen (student fiction) and television companions like Alf and Sesame Street. A subset includes junior versions of adult magazines such as Penny Power (published by Consumer Reports), National Geographic World and the newest entry, SPORTS ILLUSTRATED FOR KIDS...
...That small subset of accident victims lucky enough to be injured by millionaires, when it can be proved that the millionaire was the one at fault...