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...benefit, it ultimately found no negative effect of watching TV. The researcher offers a few reasons: for one, the children in her study reported less time viewing TV and DVDs than previous surveys of the same-age population; it's possible that her study group did not meet the threshold dose of TV exposure that triggered the negative effects found in Christakis' research. Schmidt's study also stopped following the toddlers at age 3; she acknowledges that some cognitive changes may not occur until children are a few years older...
...bounce back, according to her coach and teammates, is what makes Clarke so deserving of fame. “She just kept going through rehab and staying positive about [her injury],” Morawski said. “There were definitely days when her pain was above the threshold but she kept swimming anyways. It was impressive.” But despite the comeback kid story and the records she now holds, one of Clarke’s most important characteristics is her ability to lead.“Aside from the amount of points she contributed?...
Pushing the "celebrity"-memoir threshold even further, KATHY GRIFFIN sells hers for a rumored $2 million...
...Colleges like Stanford, Princeton, and Brown have maintained their tuition hike at around three percent, reluctant to raise tuition beyond that threshold...
...glory days, which opens in the same way. The ominous repeated notes on the piano are joined by guitars and a hit of the cymbals, the combination of which then escalate to a mass of sound that is at once harmonious and overwhelming. Just when the threshold is near, it comes back down, daring you to listen again.The longer songs on the album, such as “Iris Unveiled” and “Halcyon Days” are symphonic in scale. “Iris Unveiled,” for example, starts with an upbeat, in-your...