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...readers learned from last Wednesday’s comment, more college students are identifying with conservative policies. On May 25, 2003, the New York Times Magazine reported this trend on campuses nationwide: “Today’s surge reflects a renewed shift pronouncedly to the right on many defining issues...
...peanut butter," says a Syncruder. In the winter, when temperatures can drop to -40°F, the oil sand is so hard it grinds up the shovels' steel teeth as if they were plastic combs. It's not unusual to replace the teeth after a single 12-hour shift. Suncorp, another oil-sands company, has an $8 million annual budget just for that...
...with chicken soup as a cure-all. But can it help someone beat cancer? A growing body of research suggests it might, according to an article in the current issue of Brain, Behavior and Immunity. Stanford University's Dr. David Spiegel and his colleagues point to studies showing that shift workers have higher rates of breast cancer than women who sleep normal hours. Two possible culprits are the hormones melatonin and cortisol. Melatonin is an antioxidant that mops up damaging free radicals, but the body produces less of it when sleep cycles are disrupted. Cortisol, which helps regulate the immune...
TIME: The picture you paint is not a pretty one. We're going to have rising interest rates but not particularly strong growth. The manufacturing sector is going through a secular decline. And the people who are able to shift into new jobs, they'll be lucky if they get real jobs with full benefits. Is this where the economy is heading...
...much as 39%. Older funds do not have a mandate to invest in dividends that qualify for the lower rate. So they may hold real estate investment trusts (REITs), certain foreign stocks, preferred shares and even bonds, for which dividends remain taxable at higher rates. Good managers will probably shift accordingly. Still, there is a new generation of funds responding to the tax changes...