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From where (and why) you'll shop online to how you'll connect to your computer, Boston University professors have a range of predictions for the new millennium.

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Through research on the FBI's interest in the late Irish writer James Joyce, a Kent State University researcher is unraveling an 80-year-old story that has all the elements of a top-flight murder mystery.

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Hoping to clear up a 150-year-old mystery of an unsolved cryptograph, an English professor and a software company are sponsoring the Edgar Allan Poe Cryptographic Challenge.

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In recent years, televised debates have become a campaign season fixture, but debating today is far and away different from the format Lincoln and Douglas made famous generations earlier.

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About half of American teenagers get an allowance from their parents, and most get about $50 a week, according to an Ohio State survey; i.e., about 9.8 million U.S. teenagers are given $1.05 billion to spend each week.

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New research suggests that divorce, in and of itself, does not necessarily lead to children's problem behavior. Rather, mothers' delinquency prior to marriage predicts divorce 14 years in the future.

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A new law that will allow millions of disabled people to work without losing health benefits has made a new book by a University at Buffalo career planning expert an especially valuable -- and timely -- resource for those with disabilities.

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1- Taking readers on a mission to Mars, 2- Exploring the gulf between Islam and the West, 3- Web program improves access to medical information, 4- Reviving lost literature of Civil War.

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Author Keith Bartholomew describes the evolution of the role played by watchdog groups in influencing land use decisions across the country.

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Researchers at Ohio State found that the acoustics of many classrooms are poor enough to make listening and learning difficult for children. Only two of 32 classrooms studied met the standards recommended by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association.

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The only public personality as popular as Santa Claus this time of year is Martha Stewart. An Arkansas sociologist's study of the domestic maven finds that Stewart has built her success by breaking social stereotypes.

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Author Harvey M. Jacobs explains the history of America's schizophrenic views on property rights--favoring both governmental control for the common good and protection of private ownership--and looks ahead to see how this conflict may (or may not) be resolved.

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A quick snapshot of the opening decade of the 21st century could look like this: pockets of compact housing development surrounded by acres of sprawl. Baby boomers may be moving back to the city, but nearly everyone else will be spreading out.--Planning magazine

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Federal policy addressing loss of lives and property from natural disasters is critically flawed, say these authors, and recognizing the importance of proper land use planning is the key to correcting it.

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The National Endowment for the Arts announced today that a Vermont filmmaker at Marlboro College will be awarded the NEA's only narrative film production grant in the U.S. for the year 2000 to support his production of Disappearances, a narrative feature film based on Howard Frank Mosher's award-winning novel.

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Researcher Anastasia Loukaitou-Sideris presents findings on the 10 most crime-ridden bus stops in Los Angeles and the environmental factors that help turn them into "hot spots" of crime. She also discusses ways to help prevent much of this crime.

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Compiled by researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and Texas A&M University, the 100 best political speeches of the 20th century reflects the opinions of 137 leading scholars of American public address. The experts were asked to recommend speeches on the basis of social and political impact, and rhetorical artistry.

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An associate professor of Occupational Therapy at Boston University offers holiday tips for shopping, decorating, moving luggage, sitting comfortably on a plane and driving on long stretches.

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An associate professor at the University of San Francisco has done extensive research on the Israeli-Syrian conflict.

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An Arkansas sociologist who has spent 6 years studying social dynamics at the Salvation Army encourages shoppers to go ahead and surrender their small change this holiday season.

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A staff member with the Arizona Health Sciences Library educational services group, knows plenty about gathering information. Her Web site of peculiar doctors' names careens toward legendary status.

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Williams College Russian Professor Darra Goldstein will add to her "platter" the editorship of the new journal Gastronomica and a new book series, California Studies in Food and Culture.

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The HHS Administration for Children and Families announced today that the Head Start Program received the highest score of any government agency and private companies in the latest American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI).

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Awaiting an opening ceremony in the year 2000 is a time capsule from 1900 left for the graduating class of 2000 at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts.

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1- School choice is causing white students to leave black and poor schools more than it allows poor kids to leave the worst schools. 2- Hold off on building that home gym until the kids are out of college.

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Too often, well-meaning family members and guests injure pets with kindness or simple oversight during the holidays. The Washington State University College of Veterinary Medicine offers 10 pet tips to prevent a costly trip to your veterinarian during this festive season.

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Adolescent girls who engage in weight-loss efforts such as dieting, use of appetite suppressants and laxatives, and vomiting are more likely to gain weight over time and are at greater risk for obesity.

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Eager to celebrate the upcoming third millennium? According to a Williams College professor of math, the new millennium begins not on Jan. 1, 2000, but on New Year's Day, 2001.

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In recent debates, proponents of school choice have maintained that parents would make choices based on school quality and school preferences, not on racial bias.

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The Billingsley of Bella Vista, Ark., have transformed their love of international culture into a $1.15 million gift to the University of Arkansas to help preserve music from cultures around the world.

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A statistical method, stylometry, has been used to prove that a 1583 publication of Consolatio by Roman orator Marcus Tullius Cicero is a forgery, as reported by The College of New Jersey researchers.

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We are often told that boys are less sensitive than girls because of their need to project strength. But a University of Missouri psychology professor says that boys don't talk about their feelings because they see no point.

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Savannah River Ecology Laboratory (SREL) will be making its debut in the Guinness World Records for its Rainbow Bay project, which will now be known as the longest, continuous "Frog Watch" in the world.

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In the business world, work teams are often called upon to accomplish complex tasks under crisis conditions. However, new research shows that such groups function less effectively under stress, and stress may lead to team members barely acknowledging one another.

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Children whose fathers play an active role in their lives develop better language skills and have fewer behavioral problems, even when their fathers do not live at home, according to a study by researchers at University of Maryland School of Medicine and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County.

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1- demystifying fruitcake, 2- holiday hints for those watching their weight, 3- don't take a holiday from your medications, 4- holidays bring hazards for pets, 5- pets experience holiday stress, too.

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1. Shoppers browse at malls but may buy online, 2. TV news station coverage with less sensationalism, crime, and violence is doing better in the ratings.

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An 18-year-old senior at Centre College has become one of the youngest Americans ever named a Rhodes Scholar. He is interested in mathematical modeling as a way of studying human diseases.

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For those who get flummoxed by how-to manuals, or stymied by instructions for assembly, a University of Wisconsin-Madison psychologist has a reassuring theory that it's not all your fault.

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On Dec.19, Russians go to the polls to elect members of the State Duma, the lower house of the Russian legislature.

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The National Institute of Mental Health has made a policy decision to place more emphasis on studies that measure outcomes in psychiatric conditions as they occur in naturalistic settings, which will allow for improvement in real-life treatments where the rigorous controls of a laboratory do not exist.

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The number of foreign students attending colleges and universities in the U.S. increased 2% in the 1998-99 school year to a record total of 490,933, according to a report published by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

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The number of U.S. students receiving credit for study abroad jumped nearly 15% from the previous year, reaching a record total of 113,959, according to a report published by the Institute of International Education (IIE).

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Many "doomsayers" who harbor dire warnings about Y2K calamity are people who exploit and make money from the business of anxiety, says a professor of psychiatry at UAB.

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Many parents are enduring long store lines and high prices to buy Pokemon and other popular toys. "But when a child sees his parent going to extraordinary means to get something he wants, he can take it in at least two ways," says a UAB child psychologist.

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Capitol Hill's press secretaries are the subject of a study by a Boston University assistant professor that explores the relationships among the secretaries, their Members, and the media.

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Purdue University's School of Veterinary Medicine is preparing to welcome the new millennium with a new artistic landmark to the West Lafayette campus this fall.

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For the newly bereaved, the holidays are often the most difficult time of the year. When it comes to grief during the holidays, try to make it normal, according to a Webster University professor.

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Despite major changes in the roles of men and women, gender still determines who does the housework. A Swarthmore College sociology professor finds that not only do married women continue to do the bulk of the chores, but that their daughters do more than their sons.

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A University at Buffalo energy officer and environmental activist says the holidays just are not happy anymore because they have become a time "scarred by hypocrisy and commercialism" and bring the year's most earth-destructive practices.