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DETROIT: We only knew the half of it. Assisted suicide Dr. Jack Kevorkian has quietly helped with dozens of deaths that never made the evening news, more than doubling his death toll to "nearly 100," according to his attorney, Geoffrey Feiger. Kevorkian previously had been known to have assisted with 46 suicides (or 54, depending on when you counted), the latest one this week. Apparently the additional four dozen or so suicides weren't interesting enough for the local press to dig into them...
...stronger the yields of the harmful ingredients in each cigarette and the greater the smoker's total intake of them, the higher the risk of dying prematurely), all medical logic suggests that forcing the manufacturers to reduce the toxic potency of their product could significantly reduce the horrific toll it now exacts. Under the proposed settlement, the FDA is reportedly to be granted the power to modify cigarettes in this fashion over time--without the industry's fighting it tooth and claw or the need for congressional blessing of each new round of mandated yield reductions. Of vital importance...
...boomers once boasted of never trusting anyone over 30, Xers have even more cause for disillusion. Between 1965 and 1977, the divorce rate doubled. More than 40% of today's young adults had spent time in a single-parent home by age 16. Did the psychic toll produce latch-key basket cases or self-reliant survivors? Undoubtedly, both. In their coupling habits, Gen X is the "youngest copulating and oldest marrying generation ever recorded," note Strauss and Howe. Since 1970 the average marriage age has crept up from 23 to 27 for men and from 21 to 25 for women...
...most promising and thrilling moment for this young team came against No. 12 Navy. In front of a hearty crowd at Blodgett Pool, the Crimson pushed the national powerhouse to overtime before eventually falling 12-9. The determining factor was the extra minutes in overtime which took its toll on the Crimson reserves...
...Journal also noted that computers like Deep Blue can invent new drugs by "sorting quickly through hundreds of chemical combinations that once required months of human tedium." Well, as some toll takers might observe, one human's tedium is another human's job. And although automating the tedious does raise average wages over time, it can lower wages for people with obsolete skills...