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...Netherlands studied the effect of coffee consumption on blood levels of homocysteine, a naturally occurring substance that forms when the body breaks down protein. Elevated levels of homocysteine have long been associated with an increased risk of heart disease. Exactly how this amino acid harms the heart is unclear, but our best guess is that it either makes the blood clot more frequently or damages the lining of blood vessels in the heart. (Genetic defects and vitamin deficiencies have also been shown to cause an elevation in homocysteine...
However, Economics Department Chair Jeffrey G. Williamson said it is unclear how active Galbraith will be. As a professor emeritus, Galbraith restricts his teaching to serving as a guest lecturer when invited...
...danger, however, is that the tenets of liberalism might become too blurred or too diffuse. Last spring's "Rally for Justice" brought three unrelated, but important, issues to the steps of University Hall. It is unclear whether the Faculty recognized each of the three groups' legitimate complaints or merely dismissed the demonstration as a mob of rowdy students playing with megaphones and congo drums. Without a strong center, liberalism becomes the all-purpose name-tag that accompanies a hodgepodge of grievances...
...doubly shameful sin of homosexuality. And while numerous sex scandals involving priests and young boys have surfaced in recent years, the Star story provides an irrefutable indicator that a large number of priests are sexually active - in relationships with other priests or with partners outside the church. It's unclear how or if these revelations will affect church recruitment efforts, already suffering considerably in the wake of the recent sex scandals...
...still unclear how much damage had been done to the equipment in the lab, Huang said...