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There are plenty of reasons to take both studies seriously. In the low-birth-weight study, for example, the researchers allowed for the fact that parents who use assisted reproduction tend to be older than average and to have more multiple births--twins, triplets and so on. Even when they corrected for these factors, the disparity between babies conceived through ART and those conceived normally remained...
...There's a good reason for that. On the whole, we tend to like our monsters large. No accidental bad guys for us - no doubting, fallible, uncertain villains who stumble improvisationally from crime to crime, blinking in occasional surprise at their own power to do harm. No, we prefer cunning, slit-eyed evildoers, malefactors who plan their crimes with dispassionate genius, then execute them with reptilian calm. What sense does a devil make if he acts too much like...
...that for men and women, fashion is as important as technology. With that in mind, the women's market offers unlimited possibilities. Women account for only one-third of the $14 billion in annual athletic-footwear sales, but evidence suggests they would be willing to spend more. "Women tend not to be price sensitive. They will pay full price," says Carol Murray, senior analyst for apparel and footwear at Salomon Smith Barney. "And it's clear that color and fashion are as important to women as performance...
...people are going to die of AIDS and our government is standing by watching,” Wikler said. “Bush is willing to spend $200 million. There are 40 million people with HIV. If Bush thinks each of those lives is worth $5, we tend to disagree...
...while their friends Ruttledge and Kate, transplants from London, are childless. Because of the absence of children, the days carry a bittersweet sense of life living itself out rather than skipping hurriedly on to the next generation. Neighbors show each other a regard unknown in places where nuclear families tend to be insular...