Word: developers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decisions about alcohol and drugs when they are 12 to 14, whereas in the preceding generation they made those decisions at ages 16 to 18," says Lee Dogoloff, executive director of the American Council for Drug Education. "The younger a person starts drinking, the more likely he is to develop problems later in life...
...Coaches, administrators, alumni and reporters all cause damage when they lose sight of the purpose of a college soccer program. A college soccer program is not set up to develop American, British or any other nationality of soccer players. That's good, too because realistically it could not do that. A soccer player's career lasts 27 years from the age of 10 until about the age of 37. The four years from 18 until 21--at Harvard roughly a total of 240 hours of training--don't determine future success. The nine years from 10-18, the environment...
...college soccer program is not set up to develop future professionals. Similar illusions have left ugly scars on football and basketball programs at other colleges. The causes of those scars are among the factors which led to the foundation of the Ivy League...
...commandant, "a little bandy-legged guy, tough as an old boot." Socializing for young married officers and their wives was both formal and innocent -- tuxedos or dress blues for the men, 15 cents movies and milk shakes afterward at the PX. "Your sole purpose in life was to develop your equestrian skills," Schlanser recalls. "Yeah, they paid us to ride and stay in shape," says Colonel James Spurrier, president of the U.S. Horse Cavalry Association. He sounds wistful. A first lieutenant's pay was $125 a month, good money in those days. A pair of English boots cost $110, Polk...
Physicians advise that the study results do not point to a miracle drug that will provide a risk-free cure for heart disease. For example, gemfibrozil seems to predispose people to develop gallstones. Moreover, doctors recommend that anticholesterol drugs, including lovastatin, which was approved by the Food and Drug Administration in September, should be used only as a last resort...