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...those sold over the counter, from the moment of conception onward. Yet each year in the U.S., some 500,000 pregnant women battle psychiatric illness, cancer, autoimmune disease, influenza and other conditions that require treatment. Leaving aside for a moment the issue of whether the benefits of certain drugs outweigh the risks to the baby, what is the appropriate dosage for a mom-to-be? Given the shifts in her metabolism, how much she should take is often anyone's guess...
...tenuous to mature. India’s federalism might make preserving a single foreign policy arduous. The fractious debate in Japan over the “normalization” of its military, currently bound by constitutional strictures, also persists. On the other hand, brewing security concerns are apt to outweigh domestic impediments to balancing...
...embarrassing Housing Day spectacle of tear-stained cheeks on the devastated faces of those who didn’t gain coveted access to Adams or Eliot. While much of the strange stigma associated with Cabot, Currier, and Pforzheimer Houses is ill-founded, transportation difficulties may now begin to outweigh the beautiful rooms and tight-knit community. Implications of the Quad commute might now actually provide a credible excuse to cry on Housing...
...there are more subtle ways of doing this. One possible work-around would be to have students hold onto a program, sign it, and turn it into the SEF Office. Other ways to prove attendance at an event are also possible. The objection is merely logistical and should not outweigh the feelings some have when they are singled out in front of their peers...
...isolate one or two countries. Although uninfected countries may be able to delay the introduction of swine flu by imposing draconian limits on international travel, they would not likely be able to stave off the virus for good - and the economic losses resulting from the travel ban may far outweigh any benefits. One 2007 study by the Brookings Institution estimated, for example, that a 95% reduction in U.S. air travel would cost the economy $100 billion a year...