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...birth the babies display obvious signs of crack exposure -- tremors, irritability and lethargy -- that may belie the seriousness of the harm done. These symptoms may disappear in a week or more, but the underlying damage remains. While the long-term effects of crack are unknown, Stanford's Fulroth points out that children born with small heads often have lower than normal I.Q. levels by ages three...
...Most of us take our signals from role models and in academia right now, role models are few and far between," says David L. Evans, a senior admissions officer at the College. "One does not easily go into the unknown, especially an academic career...
...frustration. In Fort Lauderdale a city commissioner suggested rat poison as a topping for local garbage to discourage foraging. A member of the Los Angeles County board of supervisors advocated placing the homeless on a barge in Los Angeles Harbor. In El Paso last month, four billboards of unknown sponsorship sprang up: PLEASE DON'T GIVE TO BEGGARS -- THEY CAUSE TRAFFIC PROBLEMS. El Paso City Representative Ed Elsey has received complaints that some panhandlers scratch cars with rocks or spit on the windshields if drivers refuse to give. "They are becoming more aggressive," says Elsey. "It is time...
...whatever reason, New Orleans people tend to be more tolerant than most Americans -- particularly most Southerners -- when it comes to sins of the flesh. They not only eat different food but also give food and drink a priority unknown in the rest of the country. Years ago, the man who told me about northern Costa Rica responded to news that New Orleans had landed some new manufacturing operation -- news that would have had them dancing in the streets in Atlanta -- by expressing concern that the influx of executives could make the line for lunch at Galatoire's longer. I have...
...rock -- and monitored the gravitational pull as the meter descended. What occurred was startling: the expected increase in gravitational force predicted by Newton was there, but it got stronger faster than expected. Either something was enhancing the force of gravity or the researchers had come upon a heretofore unknown, far more complex working of gravity itself. Or, just possibly, they had made a mistake...