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...identify and understand it," the agency's chairman, Dana Gioia, says in the report's preface. One of the most significant areas of progress involves the reading habits of young adults (ages 18-24), who went from a 20% decline in literary reading in 2002 to a 21% percent increase in 2008. "We note their progress with particular satisfaction," Gioia writes before giving itself a hearty pat on the back for promoting the change through programs like "The Big Read," which now has more than 21,000 organizational partners across the nation that sponsor book clubs and reading discussions...
...foregone conclusion. Rickey Henderson, baseball's greatest leadoff hitter ever, was elected into the Hall of Fame on Jan. 12 on his first ballot with 94.8 percent of the total vote. The sport's all-time leader in stolen bases and runs scored, Henderson is as well known for his oversized ego and his tendency to refer to himself in the third person as for his undeniable talent. He will be formally inducted into the Hall in Cooperstown, N.Y. on July 26. (See TIME's Top 10 Sports Moments...
...Leads the sport in stolen bases (1,406), by almost fifty percent more than the second-best base stealer, former Cardinal Lou Brock (938). Leads the sport in runs scored (2,295) and leadoff homers (81), and has the second-most walks ever (2,190). Holds the record for most bases stolen in a single season...
...human rights ideas and principles and to advocate their acceptance.” The HRW notes that LGBT activists, such as Mr. Diadji Diouf and his colleagues, have a high propensity for victimization via violation of Article 7.But what does this mean to the Senegalese state and the 94 percent of its citizens following Shar’ia law? To them, gay rights assaults Islamic virtue and communal integrity, and the HRW claims are simply ethical imperialism. Dr. Onuma Yasuaki, University of Tokyo law professor, notes that “for those who have experienced colonial rule and interventions under...
...booze, crack, gambling, cigarettes and heroin. Author Benoit Denizet-Lewis (who reveals his own long battle with sex addiction in the book) dives deep into the lives of these and four other average Americans who struggle with self-destructive urges. As Denizet-Lewis writes, "nearly 23 million Americans - 9.2 percent of the population twelve or older - are hooked on alcohol or drugs, another 61 million smoke cigarettes, and millions more are slaves to gambling, compulsive overeating, and sex and pornography." (See TIME's look at the state of American health...