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Boston University Professor William Anthony and his wife, Camille, co-authors of The Art of Napping at Work (Larson), have declared April 3, 2000, National Workplace Napping Day.

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Edward Y. Hartshorne, a U.S. government official, is credited with helping to root out Nazi sympathizers from Germany's universities in the U.S. Occupied Zone following World War II.

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A national survey issued today finds that English teachers are not prepared to cope with the diverse students who make up the language arts classrooms across the nation.

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By the 1850's Americans were inclined to solve social problems locally rather than at the national level; the massive immigration of the Irish to the U.S. and England in the mid-nineteenth century snaps this into focus.

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Vanderbilt University will host a historic, large-scale gathering of prose and poetry writers April 6-8 to examine the state of Southern literature; "A Millennial Gathering of the Writers of the New South" will feature 46 of the top names in modern Southern writing.

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The American economy will expand at the same rate this year as it did last year, but growth will slow in 2001 as the Federal Reserve continues to boost interest rates amid rising inflation, say University of Michigan economists.

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1- Philadelphia may be opening itself up to cost overruns in quest for new stadiums; 2- Teachers need to do more than just highlight "the most famous of the famous" during Women's History Month.

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Colorado State University students are taking an unusual approach in the Clean Snowmobile Challenge 2000; the team has ignored a trend to use heavier, less-powerful, four-stroke engines and instead is sticking with an improved version of the century-old, two-stroke engine.

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A new approach to providing robotics and automation labs for students at remote sites is being developed by a WSU engineering professor; he can simultaneously deliver his WSU Vancouver laboratory course to students at the WSU Pullman campus and to Boeing students in Seattle.

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Science students at Connecticut College take a spring break research "TRIP" to Belize that's not a vacation; they will conduct research in rain forests and coral reefs.

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The Night Inspector, written by Frederick Busch, a Colgate University professor of literature, has been nominated by the National Book Critics' Circle as the best book of fiction for 1999.

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Incidents like the recent school shooting in Flint and the shooting spree in Memphis have sparked new calls for gun control, but policymakers shouldn't be hasty in making new laws and policies in response to singular incidents, says a University of Alabama at Birmingham criminologist.

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Throw your lens cap away, suggests a University of Alabama at Birmingham photography professor; replace it with a skylight or ultraviolet filter that screws directly onto the lens.

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The U.S. senatorial race in New York should be one of the most interesting races in the country, and one of the most expensive senate races ever, says a University of Illinois political science professor.

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Thanks to a gift from Tokyo's Habuki Kimono School to the University of Illinois, an art and design professor's students will soon be learning all they ever wanted to know about the cultural and historical significance of the kimono.

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In recent years the Illinois caseload of foster children is down dramatically, many more children are finding permanent homes with relatives, and the state is being recognized with awards for its efforts.

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Unlearning incorrect information is a major step in improving learning, say two University of Illinois professors; before presenting new material, teachers should use a quick diagnostic probe to help locate hidden "icebergs" of misinformation.

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By using a combination of X-ray diffraction, sequential acid dissolution and inductively coupled plasma analyses, Illinois researchers have established the source of raw material used in the manufacture of figurines and pipes at Cahokia (American Antiquity, 1-00).

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The first computer software that can convert voice commands into mathematical expressions has been developed by a Southern Methodist University professor; the software can recognize virtually all mathematical symbols and equations.

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Six Purdue University experts can discuss various aspects of crime and violence.

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Stanford Business School research examines whether it is cheaper for interest groups to pour money into the campaigns of their favorite candidates or whether it would be more expedient simply to buy out incumbent politicians they do not like.

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International support during the coming year will be critical to the future of Guatemala, where lasting peace remains elusive following the negotiated end to its bloody 36-year civil war, says author Susanne Jonas.

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The political and social costs of going public with a complaint of sexual harassment are so great that few women actually seek the protection of the law, says a University of California, Santa Cruz, political scientist.

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Phillip Bowman, professor of urban planning and policy and African-American Studies, has been appointed director of the Institute for Research on Race and Public Policy at the University of Illinois at Chicago.

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National Sleep Awareness Week, from March 26 through April 2, will offer a Saint Joseph's University psychologist the chance to spread the news about the importance of sleep and how best to obtain its benefits.

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For expert analysis of all the key races, contact Washington State University political scientist Lance LeLoup.

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Martha Stewart enjoys broad appeal because she offers her dedicated consumers the illusion of privacy, and she does so by employing a yearning for, if not an implementation of, that pre-technological house, says a Kent State University professor of history.

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Presidential candidate John McCain is the clear front-runner in the battle for charismatic appeal, says a University at Buffalo researcher who studies the attributes of charisma and leadership.

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Communicating with extraterrestrials will be more difficult to resolve than has been envisioned so far, says Hamilton College professor of anthropology Douglas Raybeck at CONTACT 2000 in Santa Clara, Calif., March 3-5.

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1- Is it over for Bradley and McCain? 2- Pennsylvania should have moratorium on death penalty; 3- Six-year-old Michigan shooter can't be held responsible.

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Boston University's Institute for the Study of Economic Culture hosts "A Conference on the Uses and Misuses of Science in Public Discourse" (April 1 and 2), which will explore the role of science in keeping citizens informed as it covers topics such as failed drug policies, science in the courts, and how social sciences affect the family.

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University of Missouri-Rolla students are learning the same kinds of lessons on campus that corporate executives seek from such management gurus as Peter Drucker, Stephen Covey and Tom Peters.

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A book by a Swarthmore College sociologist says it is the violation of cultural taboos that ultimately triggers destructive confrontations between authorities and anti-system groups.

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Leading American sociologists give practical prescriptions for a more perfect world based on solid social science research in the Jan. 2000 Contemporary Sociology.

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Mothers who have alcohol and drug problems tend to be more punitive toward their children than women who do not have substance-abuse problems, according to two University at Buffalo School of Social Work faculty members (Journal of Studies on Alcohol).

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More than 200,000 children are injured each year on playgrounds, and it's a problem that doesn't seem to be getting much better, says a Texas A&M University professor who helps set playground safety standards.

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Jen Shillingford, Chair of Health and Physical Education at Ursinus, is hoping to create a ripple effect that will bring a new wave of female coaches into the world of girls' and women's sports.

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Scripts, story lines, photographs, bios, reference works and other memorabilia that document the television series "The Young and the Restless" are on display through March 20 in the University of Illinois Rare Book and Special Collections Library.

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Were Americans on a fitness craze from Jane Fonda in the mid-1980s to "Just Do It" in the '90s? a University of Illinois sociologist says it never happened.

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Edward Elgar's "Gerontius," a meditation on the afterlife that describes the journey of a man's soul after it leaves the earthly realm, will take place on April 1 at the University of Illinois.

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Long hours contribute to divorce but the evidence that long working hours are responsible for a couple divorcing is far from conclusive, according to a University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor.

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The 1990s are barely behind us, but already the art of the 20th century's final decade has been chronicled in a second edition of Jonathan Fineberg's "Art Since 1940: Strategies of Being."

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About 80 percent of Americans drive a motor vehicle daily; most of them fear an automobile wreck more than they fear being a crime victim.

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Teachers seeking higher-paying positions should look in areas with lots of public and private schools, where they could earn as much as $1,000 more a year, according to an Ohio University study on school competition and teacher salaries (Journal of Labor Research, 3-00).

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The lessons from California's aggressive tobacco control intervention program, which has resulted in a continuing decline in adult smoking, may help to decrease adult smoking throughout the U.S., according to a study in the March American Journal of Public Health.

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While America's crackdown on juvenile crime has nearly doubled the number of young people serving time in adult prisons, it hasn't solved any problems, says a Ball State University educator.

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"The Tempest," as produced by the University of Georgia's Interactive Peformance Laboratory, will push the boundaries of live theater by combining actors and digitally-created characters using motion capture technology.

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The very adult members of Slow Food see the pervasiveness of American fast food as the enemy, and themselves as champions of meals as communal and social gatherings.

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Teenagers who are regularly exposed to anti-smoking messages on television are half as likely to start smoking than those not exposed, reports an article in the March 2000 American Journal of Public Health.

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The impact of John Bruer's new book "The Myth of the First Three Years" on child development and public policy issues is the topic of a symposium on March 13, featuring Bruer and a panel of national experts at Temple University.