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...rescue on top of them Austria and Italy, Portugal and Spain, and Belgium and the Netherlands, then that is not going to be possible. I am still of the view that we can avoid a collapse of the monetary union, but this is really the very first true test of its stability...
...initial analysis, Schmidt found that babies who spent more time in front of the TV performed worse on language and motor-skill tests at age 3 than those who watched less. But once Schmidt and her team controlled for other factors - the mother's educational status and household income - the relationship between TV-viewing and cognitive development disappeared. That means that TV-viewing alone did not appear to influence babies' brain development; a parent's education and finances mattered more. "Initially it looked like TV-viewing was associated with cognitive development," says Schmidt, "but in fact TV-viewing...
...also means that doctors need to be even more aware of how they treat the flu. "Treating flu is complicated, and we are worried that there will be some confusion among clinicians about what antiviral drugs to use," says Fry. Most do not have the time or ability to test each patient's virus to determine whether it is a resistant strain, so the CDC recommends that physicians stay updated on the predominant strains circulating in their communities. If the Tamiflu-resistant variety is common, they should prescribe either Relenza or the combination of Tamiflu and Flumadine instead...
...political considerations than a concern for the honor of the dead. During the Vietnam War, photographs of military caskets proved politically dangerous to war supporters as they allowed the public to view and understand the mortal realities of combat. According to USA Today, the term “Dover Test,” for the Air Force base in Dover, Del., where the coffins arrived, came to indicate a test of the public’s tolerance for rising casualties in Vietnam. The modern ban came out of a fear that these kinds of images would influence public opinion...
...respectively. The program has been advertised over House e-mail lists. Students apply for the tickets by emailing uc.tkts@gmail.com, an account setup by the committee. The requests are allocated by lottery and the recipients are notified by the Thursday before the event. The initiative and the recipients in the test run were announced over UC Weekly, a newsletter sent out by the Council. McLeod said she saw TKTS as a way to touch “many people across a wide spectrum.” The program, McLeod said, both encourages students to attend Harvard events and helps to fill...