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Admissions officers say they use the family educational data only to tell them one of two things: if the applicants are legacies or if they are the only members of their families to graduate from high school or attend college, and they get extra points. Supposedly, everyone else, most likely the majority of the applicants, might as well not even fill out this section, and yet, unlike the ethnicity section earlier in the application, this section is not optional. Why not tell the applicants to fill out this section if—and only if—they think they...
...that appear elsewhere in the breast and may signal cancer.) No one suggests that women rush out for a mammogram just to check their heart. But, says Dr. Kirk Doerger, lead investigator of the study, "if you're already having a mammogram, you can get additional information with no extra radiation or cost." What to do if a radiologist spots arterial calcifications on your mammogram? Get to your doctor for a physical. --By Janice M. Horowitz
...cable- or satellite-TV provider to see what it recommends. You may even be able to lease one. If you're paying a few dollars a month for a Time Warner Cable digital-cable box, for instance, you can get one with a built-in HD converter at no extra charge. (Time Warner Cable is owned by AOL Time Warner, which also publishes this magazine.) Or, to get free HD over the air, you could hook a digital-TV tuner ($450 and above) and a UHF antenna (such as the Terk TV-55, about $100) to your...
...taking a lot of attention from other people,” Merchant said. “I’ve been able to score some points and Elliott has, too. When Elliott drives past a guy, we don’t have to worry about that extra defender...
...recent string of crimes in the usually quiet Yard has lead HUPD to take extra precautions, Catalano said...