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I phoned Michael J. Thun, one of the study's authors and an epidemiologist with the American Cancer Society, and asked him whether a 20 percent mortality reduction is indeed small in the world of epidemiology.
The American Cancer Society has never heard of Michael J. Thun.
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That is another investment one can make for old so to conduct oneself in prior years that one can feel one has paid one's dues.
Investments made for when we get old are a waste of resources
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It would be very interesting to perform the same experiment with, say, medical journals instead of economics journals.
It would be useless and boring to perform the same experiment with medical journals.
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Once everybody goes in for length, let's give it about three years--the same period as between 1922 and 1925, say--and then expect another rise, with other connotations.
The rise will definitely come after 3 years.
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In the New York Review of Books , for example, the Princeton historian Bernard Lewis, one of the chief modern villains of Orientalism , decried Said's inflammatory tone and questioned his knowledge of history, philology, and Arabic.
Bernard Lewis is a historian from Yale University.
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The world is not now in depression, nor is a full-scale replay of the 1930s likely.
We are doomed to repeat the Great Depression of the 1930s.
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Russian mothers traveled to Chechnya, pulled their sons off the front lines, and brought them home.
Russian mothers supported their sons on the front lines.
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In Chicago and in Northridge, the doctors should have known that blindly following policy was bad.
Blindly following policy is good for the Chicagoan doctors.
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Work is work, whether it is done inside the home or outside the home, Hutchison argues.
Hutchison is outside the home.
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If he becomes a serious threat, Livingston and other GOP leaders will make sure to stop him.
Livingston will make sure that he will stop the serious threat.
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The bar on male behavior has been substantially lowered, and this is feminists' own fault.
The bar has not been dropped a huge amount.
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Inflation is at a 23-year low of 7 percent.
7 percent is the high for the past 24 years.
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They're more interested in spiritual self-flagellation and renewal.
They believe that their actions toward self-improvement are necessary to reach heaven.
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It means that you're the seventh or eighth on the call list to be lied to, instead of the 25 th .
You will be called before the 25th person next week.
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Newsweek also hints that 13 Heaven's Gate members--the ground crew--may be traveling through the Southwest, waiting for a signal from the spaceship.
The Heaven's Gate members are air crew.
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Detractors assailed Robert Kennedy for his 1964 New York Senate bid
Kennedy's 1964 campaign was criticized.
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The Globe claims that actress Sarah Michelle Gellar--whose thoughts on John Kennedy's passing are dutifully recorded in the Star 's Hollywood Weeps story--threw a lavish, catered birthday party for her dog, Thor, and 20 of his nearest and dearest.
Many of Gellar’s friends found the idea of a dog’s birthday party to be ridiculous.
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No horned helmet was found, but the discovery is complicating--perhaps overturning--theories about the settlement of North America.
The discovery suggests North America may have been settled earlier than previously thought.
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The decline in the won would not immediately raise exports or limit imports.
The decline in the won has no relation to import or export levels.
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In biotechnology, as in telecommunications, intellectual-property law remains at an embryonic stage.
Laws dealing with intellectual-property were still in their infancy.
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The Falcons, who have stunk perennially, are football's best Cinderella story in years.
The Falcons used to suck.
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Facing little competition, these magnates possess fantastic wealth--mainly from monopolies on natural resources--and own major media outlets.
The magnates' source of wealth come from the media outlets.
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Nor is it the result of the benign policies of national governments, which are as callous and corrupt as ever.
It is the result of favorable policies by national governments, which are as caring and ethical as ever.
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3) The study is flawed because it assumes the participants correctly recalled their dietary habits.
The participants share similar dietary habits.
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Thanks a bunch.
A person said thanks a lot.
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She appears to be an apolitical soccer mom, but she's actually a liberal do-gooder and her advocacy of mental-health issues threatens to increase health-care costs for most Americans.
She is a soccer mom that is incredibly conservative who thinks mental health issues are unimportant.
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As if the Kennedy family didn't have enough to deal with, the Star reports that Arnold Schwarzenegger, who is married to Kennedy cousin Maria Shriver, accidentally killed the family's chocolate Labrador when he ran over it with his Humvee.
Arnold Schwarzenegger likes dogs.
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In a way, truthful shadow pages are the scariest of all.
Scary pages are dishonest and fully lit.
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Arendt's conception of the public was phrased in quasimilitaristic language almost expressly designed to irritate feminists (it didn't, but only because they had stopped listening).
Arendt's notion of the public was expressed in language that was meant to please feminists.
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Perverse as this may sound, Hitler is one reason why.
This may sound peculiar but Hitler is on reason why.
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Romantics will warm to further Enquirer disclosures.
Enquirer disclosures warm romantics.
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Or, better yet, he should build houses for the poor under the supervision of Jimmy Carter.
Jimmy Carter believes in giving houses to those who are impoverished.
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(For more on the meeting, see .) (2/22/99)
it's impossible to get info about the gathering
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It's about sex.
The author talks about intercourse.
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Newsweek 's ninth health cover of the year warns that E. coli food contamination is more common than is reported and won't be eradicated with simple beef recalls like the one at Hudson Foods.
According to Newsweek, E. coli food contamination is not rare and beef recalls like Hudson Foods are not enough to get rid of it completely.
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Over the following week or so I tracked the 20 to 30 auctions for Unreal that were going on, and I eventually won a copy for $18.
The author lost his auctions.
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DOJ says the linkage is a marketing ploy, not a technical necessity.
The DOJ has ghosted input on linkage.
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Before long, however, many of these projects went bust, and Nelson had to turn to his family for financial assistance to ward off bankruptcy.
Nelson got help from his family.
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The Islamic and Chinese empires were world powers, but the conversion of the Magyars, Russians, and Vikings to Christianity was setting the stage for Europe's ascent.
Converting others to Christianity was important for Europe rising in power.
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The portion is tiny, the chicken is in rubbery cubes so uniform they barely look like food, and the noodles are all clumped together on one side.
The portion is large and enticing.
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This is an assumption about demand.
The author makes an assumption about demand.
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Rebuffing these lower classes when they could have beguiled them, the Whigs made potential friends into enemies.
The Whigs made a number of enemies by give the cold shoulder to lower classes.
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There have even been some frustrated musings among conservative writers and pundits that the people are not necessarily all-wise.
The frustrated words that have come from the writers as of late, shows how they feel about most people, which in turn has drawn the ire and scorn of the populace.
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He's just finished Isaac's Storm, a history of the Galveston hurricane of 1900, and reads Robert Parker's detective-for-hire stories.
Isaac's Storm talks about the Galveston hurricane
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The tide has turned so much that one might wonder whether Wilson needs to make such a fuss about the unity of knowledge.
Wilson's arguments were valid a year ago but are outdated today.
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That is why it implores you to reach out and touch someone.
You might want to avoid touching anyone after hearing this
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The Republican champion is Philip Morris, which gave $2,131,955.
Philip Morris donated a lot of money to the Republicans.
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You want a recipe for healing?
I have a recipe for healing.
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All these numbers may be climbing, but they remain low.
The numbers are on the decline.
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I now have my own literary oeuvre . This entitles me to certain privileges, such as employing foreign words in my writings (see previous sentence) and living on the Upper West Side of Manhattan.
I can use more than three foreign languages in my writings.
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As he went from floor to floor removing the signs, did he realize what was going to happen after he'd taken down the final one?
He removed signs on multiple floors.
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the guy over there, in charge, in Taiwan ...
There is a man in command in Taiwan
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Then Lehman hit into the rough by the 16 th green and lost a stroke.
Lehman hit into the rough by the 18th hole.
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Barry McCaffrey, has made it clear he regards the two laws as the work of deceptive and mischievous drug legalizers who have snookered a lot of otherwise right-thinking people.
McCaffrey believes it would've been better for both laws to have never passed.
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Long ignored by snake experts, the skeleton shares many physical characteristics with that of snakes, including its 140 vertebrae and its extraordinarily flexible jaws.
s share many characteristics with the skeleton.
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Dr. Arthur Caplan, the only ethicist at the hearing who betrayed any awareness of the new issues, focused instead on the morality of trade-offs.
Caplan attended the hearing and focused on the topic of trade-offs.
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Newsweek says the future of the country may be riding on Powell's campaign to save at-risk kids, but doubts whether the general can persuade corporations to make long-term commitments to philanthropy.
Very few corporations are willing to commit to be helpful for many years
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But Aaron hardly figures here and, of course, psychology isn't the point.
Psychology is not the issue in this matter.
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Interviewed by the British Journalism Review about the extent of his personal interference in the editorial policies of his newspapers, which include the Independent , Tony O'Reilly, chairman of the Heinz food company, said he gives his editors absolutely free rein provided they abide by some general rules.
There are many general rules that Tony O'Reilly gives to his editors.
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A spate of explicit parental responsibility laws passed by states and communities over the last couple of years give judges the power to make parents pay for juvenile detention or undergo counseling with their kids.
Parents are currently vying to get financial aid for their kids' counseling.
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Whether these habits will change on their own, with the maturation of a more tolerant generation, or whether full social acceptance of black Americans will require a concerted governmental effort, is unknowable.
All groups are treated equally.
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And by drugs, which have been their remedy for every psychological LSD to shatter hang-ups; cocaine to alleviate chronic boredom; Prozac to lift depression.
They used drugs to heal abnormalities of the mind in the 1990's.
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Scholes and Merton reportedly are applauded when they appear on the floor of the options exchange, which shows that options traders are at least appreciative, if not deserving, of the rare charities that they receive.
Scholes and Merton receive charities everyday.
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Insurers would then have to cater to their needs.
They cater to insurers needs for food.
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Performance artist Karen Finley reprises her 1990 show--she spread chocolate over her naked body--which made her the poster girl for right-wing denunciations of the National Endowment for the Arts.
The right-wing universally loved the show carried out by Karen Finley.
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Tim has not only been invited to interview at several bulge-bracket firms, he has been warmly received, even by those he lampooned.
Tim sustained many interviews
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We must have unselfish, far-seeing leadership or we fail.
Far-seeing leadership is required to not fail.
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Dr. Richards, can you write a prescription for the tabloids?
Richards is tasked with writing a prescription.
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Also, the routine random inspections used by U.S. government agencies such as the Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the Environmental Protection Agency are almost exactly like those planned under the CWC, and these have been found constitutional.
The inspections held by the CWC are often condemned for being unconstitutional.
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(Nine-tenths of a second, unfortunately, was how long his name remained in my memory.)
My memory retained his name for quite some time, even years after having met him.
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Conspiracy to commit a crime of violence prosecutable in federal court.
A scheme to carry out a savage offense is litigable in high jurisdiction.
entailment
Once again, a plea to Susan and Sylvester.
The plea asks for financial contributions.
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The only real test that this company has faced in recent memory is due to the emergence of the Internet, and Microsoft is once again trying to eliminate this threat unfairly.
Microsoft continues to neglect the threat of the Internet.
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know this, this anguish, this agony for a departing self wishing only to stay, to endure,
It is difficult to endure anguish sometimes.
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In biotechnology, as in telecommunications, intellectual-property law remains at an embryonic stage.
These laws still need several more decades to develop.
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Now that the background material he sent to Congress has been released, the press has become interested in whether Linda Tripp doctored her tapes and whether Starr's agents and prosecutors improperly detained Lewinsky or misrepresented their treatment of her in the Jan.
Lewinsky's legal battle was quite fleeting as the media has already flown past it and onto other headlines.
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Chatterbox will grant that some of this crude psychology may be at work.
Chatterbox has been unable to grant that crude psychology is at work.
contradiction
So given sufficient foresight, the prospect of a 1980 punishment hurts the 1950 owners, even if they sell in the interim.
The prospect of a 1980 punishment helps the 1950 owners.
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You never know for sure what you're getting, which, unfortunately, is an argument for ponying up.
The case for ponying up can be cracked with better product descriptions.
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Excuse me, but who is going to raise such an army (raise in the sense used by parents)?
The army of parents has a clear leader.
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Having seen pan-Arabism bankrupted in 1967, more and more Arabs are seeking solutions from the past--in Islamic fundamentalism, which seeks to remodel Muslim societies along the lines of Arabia under the Prophet Mohammed.
Arabs in the past were more successful than today.
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You can bet no one will ever elect me to public office.
I am pretty sure that I will never be elected to office.
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People can be weak, and money is all too often the way to their heart.
People are always strong when it comes to money.
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I have never given it a second thought, but recently people seem to be noticing my sneezing and commenting on it, some suggesting I see a doctor.
Everyone believes I am well even though I keep sneezing.
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I describe the Brave New World as a horror, and Huxley thought of it as that also.
Huxley intended for the book to be in the horror genre.
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It works terrifically, and the New York Observer 's John Heilpern says it has us ...
It is the worst performing.
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To counteract mushy curricula (whole math, multiculturalism) and keep pace on the highly competitive college track.
You must take whole math to keep pace on the competitive college track.
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As Felicia, the coltish Elaine Cassidy manages to look both luminous and unformed, and Bob Hoskins gives Hiditch's bland homilies so much subtext he made me think of the Paris Opera House in the Phantom of the Opera : basement under basement under basement down to the dungeons.
Bob Hoskins and Felicia were good friends.
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A story says robot insects will soon be deployed by the military.
The military has successfully managed to keep its robot insect mission a secret from the press.
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White Sox) and showcase the sport's stars in more cities, thereby boosting attendance and merchandise sales, which, in turn, will enable owners to satisfy players' skyrocketing salary demands.
the plan will be to focus on a few key cities to boost attendance.
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European national leaders know they've got to tackle their deficits, but none of them wants the heat for cutting featherbedding or generous social-payment systems.
Cutting social payment systems generates heat for national leaders.
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Every computer Apple makes costs a lot to make.
Apple's production costs are extremely high.
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I still get up when a woman enters the room, open a door for her, and offer my seat on a bus.
I was trained to open doors for women.
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Lindbergh openly admired Hitler, cozied up to Hermann Goering, and branded Jews as un-American agitators who used their alleged power to attain their parochial ends.
Lindbergh ideals would be scorned by a great deal of people.
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will be more accurate than jurors who are unsure about only one criterion (does my doubt exceed 5 percent?)
If my doubt increases past 10 percent, I know I have a problem.
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Even his pit bulls restrained themselves.
The pit bulls were on a leash.
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Other candidates may be sexier at this hour, but once we go through the battering of New Hampshire and Iowa it might be a different story, says Connors.
This candidate is the sexiest all the time.
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His deconstruction of political ads is a weekly feature of Slate during the election season.
Slate's weekly feature is "who wore it better".
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[F]rom the moment Cecilia Bartoli's vibrant Idamante arrives on stage, the performance takes wing, her luscious, tight vibrato perfectly capturing the adolescent trauma of the young prince, says the Independent 's Mark Pappenheim.
The trauma mentioned was one of old age.
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Our Today's Papers column will be posted Friday (but not Thanksgiving Day).
Friday will be the day our Today's Paper column will be posted.
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