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...freedom. With reference to the corporate print and film industries, the government can break up the media trusts that stifle freedom of speech. In any case, the American public needs to be better informed about who is controlling the sources of information that inform their daily reality. Democracy cannot function with passive citizens contented by infotainment that is propagated by media giants to further themselves and their profits. It is impossible to request that Time Warner, et al., be concerned with something other than profits--that's what a corporation is for. Rather, it is necessary that the U.S. government...
...pathology of depression is deceptively simple. The containment of severe stress--the bottling up of one's problems without communicating them to others--contributes to a chemical imbalance that impairs one's ability to function normally and induces a feeling of despair and hopelessness. If unrelieved by talk, therapy or medical treatment, the chemical imbalance induces a spiral of decline, which leads ultimately to utter paralysis and self-destruction. Admiral Boorda may have been particularly susceptible. Throughout his adult life--more than 30 years of challenge in peace and war--his ethic toward problem solving was that of the solitary...
...Pelot '96 for "Mixed Chimerism and Adoptive Immunotherapy for the Treatment of Chronic Leukemias"; Timothy F. Platts-Mills '96 for "Spatial Variation in the Chemical Composition of Surface Waters in the Front Range, Colorado"; Elizabeth G. Ree '96 for "'Is It Art?': Changing Perceptions of Modernism and the Function of Art by the Public, Critics and Writers in Response to the 1913 Armory Show"; Renee-Ann Richardson '96 for "Oh Pressed Hair!: The Politicization of Black Hair Texture as Reflected Through Print Advertisements...
...also possible that some of the benefit is psychological. In the largest study, of 351 men, almost 40% of those who took the placebo reported enhanced sexual function. Their improvement was not due to any biological action and thus must have been triggered by the men's belief that the pill they were taking would do some good. But for sildenafil to win an appreciable market, it must work on men whose impotence is due solely to organic problems. Investigators are preparing to conduct a trial of 2,500 men, including those whose dysfunction has a clear physical cause, such...
...Hanson's advice: "All-nighters work best, and are most enjoyable, when you approach them with a sense of adventure.... Dinner table statements like, 'Christ, I think it's going to be a long one,' or 'I've got a 30-page paper due tomorrow!' will serve the triplicate function of attracting sympathy, justifying your having fifths on congo bars, and giving you delusions of safaridom...