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...deeply troubled by the prospect of gay marriage, he says, "because of the unique combination of gifts that the two genders bring to the raising of children. The family--defined as built on the union of male and female--from my perspective is the foundation of society. The United States could survive without ideologies on left and right, without the Democratic Party or the Republican Party, but if you look at social-science data, we cannot thrive if we continue to see the disintegration of the unit of the family...
...notoriously difficult to come by. To get to the source of the problem, a team of nurses conducted a study at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn. The nurses placed noise dosimeters in patient rooms, and two volunteered to sleep over and note bothersome sounds in a thoracic-surgery unit packed with humming equipment and monitors. Peak dosimeter readings as high as 113 decibels--roughly equivalent to the din of a chain saw or jackhammer--came during the 7 a.m. staff changeover, and the 11 p.m. changeover was also quite noisy. By adopting remedial measures--some as simple as closing...
...Chirac grew annoyed and said those who disagreed had "missed a good opportunity to keep quiet." Now, he and Schröder know that "if they want a consensus, they need the British view," Bertram says. Case in point: the deal reached last December to have a separate planning unit for E.U. military forces - highly desired by France, Belgium and Germany, deeply mistrusted by Washington because of its potential to compete with nato. Blair delivered a compromise that satisfied France and Germany, and the rest of Europe followed. The Big Three also pulled together, outside the E.U.'s foreign-policy...
Once again, the keys to this weekend’s games for Harvard will be playing strong defense and avoiding foul trouble. Stehle and sophomore point guard Michael Beal lead the team with 3.8 and 3.5 fouls per game, respectively. As a unit, Harvard commits 21.5 fouls per game, placing it second in the Ivies...
...Eagles top two lines devastated the Terriers’ woeful defensive unit, tacking on the final four goals of the frame...