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...BREAST CANCER 4% Drop, between 2000 and 2005, in the percentage of U.S. women age 40 and older who reported having a mammogram in the previous two years. In a 2000 survey, 70% of women had had one; five years later, only 66% had 28% Increase in breast-cancer-research spending by the National Cancer Institute over the same five years, topping $560 million...
...Japan-a country known for its affinity for bonsai and miniature electronics-appear to favor tiny, frugal cars. Young people are postponing or forgoing marriage and children, lessening demand for family-sized autos. For retirement-age baby boomers, minis make practical second vehicles; they are especially favored by obasans, older housewives like Yamamoto who have been the kei's most faithful customers. In Japan's less prosperous regions, minis easily outnumber full-size cars. "Japanese consumers don't need big cars to show off their life," says Masa Ogawa, managing director for the automotive industry group at research firm...
...Percentage-point drop in women age 40 and older who reported having a mammogram in the previous two years; the percentage fell from 70% of women asked in 2000 to 66% of women asked...
...Natalie Portman - Best Actress? Yup. For once she's not playing a waif or a child princess but a mature, full-bodied woman, probably a decade older than Portman is (25). She looks great, in a blond rinse and come-hither outfits, but she's not coasting on her looks; they are only accoutrements to Leslie's natural salesmanship. She uses her appeal to simultaneously flirt with and taunt the gambler across the table. And when the cards turn against her, Leslie is quick to hit on Elizabeth, who has naively mentioned a $2200 stash of her own. Thus begins...
...graders”—you may be able to ferret out one or two cosmic assumptions of his own; seeing them in your bluebook, he can only applaud your uncommon perception. For example, while most graders are politically unconcerned, not all are agnostic. This is an older generation, recall. Some may be tired of St. Augustine flattened by a phrase or reading about the “Xian myth...