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1) Georgetown professor accused of being Cuban spy (BG News)Gillian Gunn Clissold's academic career resembles that of the many professors and researchers truly dedicated to their area of study. During her 10 years at Georgetown, almost six of which were spent as director of the Caribbean Project within the university's Center for Latin American Studies, she was considered one of the leading American experts on Cuba, having traveled to the island ...2) Birds favour 'better-looking' offspring, Spanish research shows (EARTHtimes.org)Madrid - A particular bird species favours bright-coloured offspring over modest-looking chicks, Spanish researchers said Tuesday. Great tits (Parus major), 14-centimetre-long birds common throughout Europe and Asia, feed bright-coloured chicks the b... 3) Spanish study shows smoking-sport link (Moldova.org)Spanish researchers say they have found a direct relation between sports and cutting adolescent tobacco usage.Samplings of 3,000 adolescents ages 13 to 18 found 80 percent of those who played a sport did not smoke. This compared to 71.4 percent of physically inactive adolescents, reported researchers of the University of Granada, the Spanish National Research Council, the Universities of Murcia, ... 4) Track Workers Fare Worse Than Horses They Care For, Study Finds (New York Times)A labor investigation says that 80 percent of the 110 backstretch workers at Saratoga Race Course who were interviewed were not paid minimum wage or time and a half for overtime. 5) 8 Of Every 10 Spanish Adolescents Who Play A Sport Do Not Smoke, And More Than 40% Do Not Practice Any Physical Activity (Medical News Today)Sports and tobacco consumption are directly related, according to a study carried out by researchers of the University of Granada, the Spanish National Research Council- CSIC, the Universities of Murcia, Zaragoza and Cantabria, and the Nuestra Señora de la Consolación School of Granada. 6) 80 Percent Of Adolescents Who Play Sports Don't Smoke, Spanish Study Finds (Science Daily)A research work carried out in sample of adolescents aged between 13 and 18 from Granada, Madrid, Murcia, Santander and Zaragoza has analysed the relationship between sport activity and tobacco consumption. According to this work, 59.2 percent of the Spanish adolescents are physically active, although there are significant differences according to sex (71.1 percent of boys, as against 46.7 ... 7) Golf: LPGA's English-only policy draws criticism (Honolulu Advertiser)NORTON, Mass. ? Imagine what could have happened to Angel Cabrera if he belonged to a tour that required its players to speak English. A powerful Argentine who rose from an impoverished childhood, he won the U.S. Open last year at Oakmont by holding off Tiger Woods and Jim Furyk. In the hours after the trophy presentation, Cabrera made his way through a maze of media interviews in Spanish with ... |
