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...drug, they chose an unusual approach. Instead of studying ways to curb the body's natural desire to eat, they decided to home in on the very biological circuits that activate hunger. Even more unorthodox was the craving phenomenon they decided to analyze: the marijuana munchies. If marijuana can trigger the appetite, then perhaps that system could be coaxed into switching...
...participant, a team of Sydney researchers announced that depression is most likely to strike a person who is genetically vulnerable to the condition and who experiences three or more unhappy or stressful events within one to five years. In most cases of depression, says team member Gordon Parker, the trigger is neither genes nor environment alone but "an exquisite nuance of their interaction...
...Anderson. From that point on, the duo went on a tear to even the score at 6-6. After splitting the next four games, the team dominated in the tiebreak, pulling away from the Gamecocks tandem to win 9-8 (8-5) “The doubles was a trigger point for our success,” O’Riain said. “The girls we were playing would hit slow, so halfway through we decided to go for it more and really play on our toes.” The co-captains continued their dominance in singles...
Bush and Cheney had a quiet talk. According to a Republican official, the President told Cheney how much he too loved Whittington. He acknowledged what a crushing experience it must have been to see Whittington fall after Cheney pulled the trigger on a bird, failing to see his friend nearby. But it was time to defuse the furor that followed. Whittington was being blamed for the accident, and Cheney knew that White House spokesman Scott McClellan was getting barbecued by a White House press corps insistent on knowing why it took almost a full day to make the shooting public...
...Even some of Cheney's friends have expressed dismay about his reticence to apologize, and he took responsibility in the interview. "Ultimately, I'm the guy who pulled the trigger that fired the round that hit Harry," he told Hume. "And you can talk about all of the other conditions that existed at the time, but that's the bottom line. And there's no ?- it was not Harry's fault. You can't blame anybody else. I'm the guy who pulled the trigger and shot my friend. And I say that is something I'll never forget...