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...great detail the sexual experiences you had with Madoff. The unflattering physical comments you made about him have drawn quite a bit of attention. Why did you decide to focus on that? In the months following the scandal breaking, I got a lot of questions about what made Bernie tick. [His alleged poor endowment] was an issue for Bernie. I started doing some research, and it can impact the psyche from a very early age. I really did feel that this was a part of Bernie's makeup, a big part of his psyche...
...have direct experience with the schools they're rating, so they may just be going on rumors? I think there is a small group of schools, mainly in the liberal-arts category, that have strong feelings about the reputation survey. Generally speaking, our response rate did tick up a little bit this year - it went to 48% from 46% - so there's some indication that this boycott [among schools that are refusing to fill out the reputation survey] is losing some of its potency. But U.S. News is not expecting people to have knowledge or be able to rate each...
...with the previous year, thanks largely to the sky-high price of gas for much of 2008. (The recession didn't help, but sharp declines in driving began well before the bottom dropped out of the economy.) As gas prices have fallen in 2009, however, driving has begun to tick back...
...twist sure to tick off all the ladies in the house, the study notes that unmarried women who have been living with their sweeties for five years or less run a 63% increased risk of obesity. What about unmarried men? On average, they have no increased risk during cohabitation...
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