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...parents who assume that simply reminding their kids to buckle up and watch the speed limit miss the central problem: the adolescent brain may be unable to handle the responsibilities of driving. Researchers with the National Institute of Mental Health have shown that the parts of the brain that weigh risks, make judgments and control impulsive behavior are still developing through the teen years and don't mature until about...
...past and future of the Panama Canal weigh heavily on Martín Torrijos, like a freighter inching through a lock. It was Torrijos' father, the late Panamanian strongman Brigadier General Omar Torrijos, who persuaded the U.S. to sign a 1977 treaty handing over the canal to Panama, which it did six years ago. Now Torrijos, 43, who was democratically elected President of Panama in 2004, is stumping to persuade his countrymen to undertake a more than $5 billion expansion of the 50-mile-long waterway that bisects the isthmus...
...shortfall is also the result of a hiring surge that has boosted the size of FAS from 635 professors in 2002 to 719 this year. Even after the recent construction costs are covered, the new professors’ paychecks and the new buildings’ upkeep will continue to weigh on University Hall’s balance sheet...
...less than you ordinarily would, you'd be uncomfortable for most of the day. You'd be irritable, you'd feel hungry, you'd feel light-headed. But if you carve 200 calories out of your day every day, at the end of one year you're going to weigh 20 lbs. less than you otherwise would. And that's without feeling hungry...
...probably 175 lbs., and I'm 6 ft. 1 1/2 in. But I don't weigh myself very often. One key to this is not to obsessively say, "Did I lose 2 oz. today...