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...lose. "We are trying to create that rebel mind, where you think on your own," says Kung'u. "If the young don't have an income by 2012, they will still be a threat - they will have nothing to lose," Otieno says. "Come 2012, the youth are going to weigh what they have gained from the politicians and what they have gained from their own sweat." (See pictures of Kenyan tribes waging...
Many factors weigh on the bond market, such as the falling price of oil - it closed at $43.52 per bbl. in Wednesday's trading - and the progress of the auto-industry bailout, not to mention every gasp from the housing market. And then there's the elephant in the room: the downward spiral of economic activity, including last week's chilling November employment report, which showed 533,000 more people out of work - "one of the worst ever," according to Morgan Stanley economist Ted Wieseman. As the various industry bailouts - banks, auto companies, credit unions and, next, states - seek...
Volpp and Lowenstein designed a program in which a group of volunteers enrolled in a 16-week diet program with monthly weigh-ins and an overall goal of shedding 16 lb. The volunteers were then divided into three groups. The first group participated in a lottery program in which those who came closest to or exceeded the weight-loss goal received a variable cash prize determined by how many pounds they shed. The second group agreed to a deposit contract in which they anted up some of their own money as part of a pool. Those who lost the most...
Chetty said it took him a year to weigh different options before deciding that Harvard is the place to go for him and his wife, who will be conducting stem cell research as a post-doctoral fellow...
...crazy Hollywood liberals-show 'em an opportunity to school the nation on civic duty, and they never fail to jump. While this tendency can sometimes lean towards the sanctimonious, not so this farcical Funny or Die skit, in which composer Marc Shaiman wrangled a glittering cast of comedians to weigh in on the controversial California ballot initiative passed last month...