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Harvard Crimson, Technology Columnist; Harvard Cooperative Society, Director; Harard Business School, Online Services Consultant; WHRB 95.3 FM Radio, Administrative Staff; All-Around Swell...
...weeks at least. The effect is similar to one caused by the recreational drug Ecstasy, a distant chemical cousin of the fenfluramine family, and the cause is evidently the same: neurotoxicity, or more plainly, the killing of brain cells. An overdose of Redux makes the neurons that produce serotonin swell, then wither, then die, according to Johns Hopkins neurologist Dr. Mark Molliver. Eventually some of the cells regenerate, but they are often malformed. Moreover, the overdose doesn't have to be huge. All Molliver had to do was double the dosage required for weight loss. In humans, such an overdose...
That is only part of the story. The 3.8 million seniors who have celebrated their 85th birthday already constitute the fastest-growing segment of the population. The U.S. Census Bureau projects that by 2030, this group, inelegantly dubbed the old-old, will number 9 million, then will swell to 19 million in the following two decades. (Other demographers predict as many as 48 million.) Moreover, while most experts cap average life expectancy at around 85, a research team in Denmark maintains that America's current crop of newborns will live on average to 100. "It will be 80 years before...
...Islam's calculations). One can only hope most people will ignore both events, but that hope is probably in vain. African Americans are so starved for inspiring leadership that many confuse Farrakhan with a hero. If he ever gets his hands on really big bucks, his throng will swell even more...
With results like this, and the likelihood that its trade surplus with the U.S. will swell to $40 billion this year, the Chinese have little incentive to change their stance. American policymakers face strong pressure from U.S. firms who fear that, unless the U.S. tolerates China's cheating on trade, they will be locked out of the world's fastest-growing market. Boeing will still benefit as long as it has orders for planes--even if they are built by Chinese workers. Whether Clinton and the Congress intend it or not, the practical effect of their trade policy toward China...