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Just as America pointed its finger at teen sociopaths with guns and trench-coat mafias, Japan's reaction has been to blame a subset of societal misfits: the hikikomori (those who isolate themselves). These youths (typically male) shut themselves up in their bedrooms, cutting off contact with the outside world, often for years, into adulthood. "I didn't want anyone to see me, and I didn't want to see anyone," says a hikikomori, 23, who finally came out of his reclusive world a year ago. Some of those accused in the crime spree--including the bus hijacker...
...naive, of course, to credit or blame any President for how the stock market moves during his tenure since so much is beyond his control. Can Clinton really claim responsibility for the Internet? Rightly or wrongly, though, Americans ascribe their fortunes to the party in the White House even if the times more accurately reflect initiatives flowing from a hostile Congress--or at least the gridlock that a hostile Congress sustains...
...doesn't work, he won't be able to blame Janet Reno...
...Boeing is left stuck in the middle: No doubt fearing a potentially devastating onslaught of lawsuits, they have studiously avoided shouldering any of the blame for the accident. But they are also stung by four years of doubts over the safety of their products, and, hoping to stave off a purchasing downturn, launched their own intensive inquiry into the planes' electrical and fuel systems. While the scrutiny turned up no specific problems, the specter of the accident was enough to spur the company to implement numerous prophylactic measures - such as installing protective covering on wires and tools to suppress power...
There are some statistical problems with the study that keep it from being considered definitive. But it raised a lot of concern. Folks who like to blame the agro-food industry quickly argued that pesticides in food might have a hormone-like effect on children's bodies. Many pediatric endocrinologists, however, believe the suspected change has more to do with the extraordinary increase in childhood obesity over the past two decades. Fat cells produce leptin, a protein known to help trigger puberty. With more fat cells churning out leptin, earlier puberty would seem highly likely...