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Blake admits that his grades suffered as a result of having so little free time. When he returned to Cambridge last fall he decided that his academic work needed improvement, and since then his grades have risen. In addition, he changed his concentration from biology to economics...
...after the Tailhook scandal. "Admiral Boorda was highly respectable and respected," says TIME's Mark Thompson. "He was never a scandal mongerer and there is a lot of speculation among the top Admirals why he would do this." The 57 year old Boorda was the first sailor to have risen through the enlisted ranks to the Navy's top officer position. He joined the navy at age 17 by lying about his age. Prior to being nominated for the Navy's top job, Boorda was a NATO commander in charge of American naval forces in Europe and commander in chief...
...that the U.S. has made no progress. Economy-wide energy efficiency is up nearly 30% since 1975. Average auto-fuel efficiency for new domestic cars has risen from 15 m.p.g. to 28 m.p.g. over the same period. Still, American drivers consume about two to three times as much gasoline per capita as drivers in other advanced countries--and at a high environmental cost, as anyone riding around a smog-bound Los Angeles or Denver can easily...
...preachers: 114,000 people, the largest numbers of his career. But the response in Sydney could actually be more significant. The crowds may be modest, but over three days, 1,555 out of 25,000 who attended have answered the invitation, coming forward to profess their relationship with the risen Christ. The actual ratio is 6.1%, a better record than Billy's over three previous Australian swings. And over 80% of those responding are under age 25. They are the future of arena revivals, the harvest of souls still waiting to be taken--by one Graham or another...
...Despite previous reports showing that SPERM COUNTS are declining, new research indicates that they have remained stable, or even risen slightly, over the past 25 years. Another finding: the sperm counts of men in New York City are about 50% higher than those of men in Los Angeles...