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...BEFRIEND A BATHROOM SCALE Hop on that scale: dieters who weigh themselves daily lose more weight than those who don't, reports a yearlong study in the Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 51% Percentage of acute liver-failure cases linked to overdoses of the pain reliever acetaminophen; half the poisonings were accidental...
Ledyard traveled to France, where his celebrity allowed him to befriend Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette, among others. He considered himself out of place among the rich and famous, since he was chronically short on money and always borrowing from his friends. Ledyard tried to set up a fur-trading mission again, this time with the help of the brash American naval hero, John Paul Jones. The plan met resistance from the major European powers, each of which was trying to corner the fur market for itself. His dreams dashed, Ledyard felt footloose...
Ledyard traveled to France, where his celebrity allowed him to befriend Thomas Jefferson and the Marquis de Lafayette, among others. He considered himself out of place among the rich and famous, since he was chronically short on money and always borrowing from his friends. Ledyard tried to set up a fur-trading mission again, this time with the help of the brash American naval hero, John Paul Jones. The plan met resistance from the major European powers, each of which was trying to corner the fur market for itself. His dreams dashed, Ledyard felt footloose...
...founded in 1982, provides various services, including crisis intervention, a hot line that answers 3,000 calls a month, group-therapy sessions for patients and their survivors, and financial and legal services. Most successful of all, and widely emulated, is GMHC's buddy program, which assigns a volunteer to befriend an AIDS patient, helping him to shop, cook, clean his apartment and to feel less forgotten and shunned...
...wasn’t going to hit home runs, he could at least help in warm-ups. And if he wasn’t going to turn double-plays, he could at least be the social glue of the team, making time to befriend everyone...