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Not a 'quota woman'
Margaret Thatcher never cared much for feminism and other progressive equal-rights movements. Yet she deserves to be honored by those of us who do, whether we like the result of her politics or not. Thatcher, who died Monday at age 87 after a stroke,...
Tags: Human Interest, Ronald Reagan, England, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair
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For potty mouths
The Baltimore SunIf you are of delicate sensibilities, you do not want to be in the newsroom of a daily newspaper on deadline, because the swearing then and there is heartfelt, vocal, and repetitious.* But journalists have a complicated relationship with bad words,...Tags: Entertainment Events, F-bomb Dropping, Racism
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Future of organs? Synthetic tissue built with 3-D printer
Scientists have built a 3-D printer that creates material resembling human tissues. The novel substance, a deceptively simple network of water droplets coated in lipids, could one day be used to deliver drugs to the body -- or perhaps even to replace...
Tags: Science and Technology
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The surprising sinkholes of life
Even though your house may appear to rest on solid ground, there is still the possibility you may find yourself suddenly awakened in the middle of the night by the rumble of your bedroom floor opening into a massive hole, sliding you and the contents of...
Tags: Nazareth, Heart Attack, Hillsborough County
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Baseball books cover the bases
George Plimpton knew the score. A generation or so ago, the late Paris Review editor developed what he called the "Small Ball Theory" of sports writing, which posits "a correlation between the standard of writing about a particular sport and the ball it...Tags: Major League Baseball, Sports, Baseball, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim, Folklore and Mythology
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Unmaking Europe
"We have made Italy, now we must make Italians," goes the old saying. Today we have made the euro, and the crisis of the euro is unmaking Europeans. People who felt enthusiastically European 10 years ago are reverting to angry national stereotypes....
Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Cyprus, Italy, Angela Merkel, Politics
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Former NFL player Myron Rolle offers helping hands to Central Florida foster kids
Most NFL players would struggle to call the end of their football careers at the ripe ol' age of 26 years old a blessing. But most athletes struggle to view sports through the lens of Myron Rolle. "I'm leaving the game with my hands fully healthy and...
Tags: Myron Rolle, Football, Sports, Florida State University
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Herbert W. "Bill" Acker, accounting executive
Herbert W. "Bill" Acker, a retired Price Waterhouse Coopers LLD regional managing partner, died Friday of kidney cancer at his Stone House Farm in Churchville. He was 70.
Herbert William Acker — who was known as H. William "Bill" Acker —...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Bel Air (Harford, Maryland), Religion and Belief, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Chesapeake (Chesapeake, Virginia)
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UC Berkeley and UCLA ranked among top 10 universities worldwide
L.A. NOWThe University of California system once again scored very well in an annual reputational ranking of world research universities by the Times Higher Education magazine of Great Britain, with UC Berkeley and UCLA in the top 10, officials announced Monday..... -
No clear benefits for kids' blood pressure checks
ReutersNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - There's no evidence that checking kids' and teens' blood pressure - and treating them if it's high - can reduce their heart risks in adulthood, according to a new analysis. What's more, researchers found blood pressure tests...Tags: Pediatrics, Family, Placebo, Heart Disease, Science and Technology
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Study: Radiation for breast cancer can harm hearts
Women treated with radiation for breast cancer are more likely to develop heart problems later, even with the lower doses used today, troubling new research suggests. The risk comes from any amount of radiation, starts five years after treatment and lasts...
Tags: Oncology, Breast Cancer, Heart Disease, MRI (imaging), Diseases and Illnesses
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