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Comparison of GPCP Monthly and Daily Precipitation Estimates with High-Latitude Gauge Observations 

ABSTRACT Monthly and daily products of the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) are evaluated through a comparison with Finnish...

Smokers fume over higher tax on cigarettes 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Compared with Julie Ginger's more pressing problem, the tax hike on her Camels hardly seems that big. "Still, it stinks,"...

'Green fatigue' backlash afflicts many consumers 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In so many ways, Mark and Laura Hambrecht are exactly the kind of couple that "eco-friendly" marketers long to lure. They're...

Consumers give green backlash 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- In so many ways, Mark and Laura Hambrecht are exactly the kind of couple that "eco-friendly" marketers long to lure. They're...

MORE PARENTS SHELL OUT TO GIVE SHORT KIDS BOOST 

Say your son or daughter is short. Not just a little short, but shorter than 99 percent of kids his or her age.

As an adult, your...

'INDIGO CHILDREN' GET MIXED OPINION 

KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Autumn Sage Hands is a soulful second-grader.

The evidence covers one wall of her home: A large painting, full...

Feminist follies 

What Fresh Hell Is This? What Fresh Hell Is This? Marooned in women's studies, grad student Eric Adler learns the women's studies nod. AT...

A Critique of Dying. - book review 

Richard John Neuhaus, As I Lay Dying: Meditations upon Returning. New York: Basic Books, 2002. 172 pp. $22.00 (cloth). Richard John Neuhaus, As I...

What Fresh Hell Is This? A Guy Marooned in Women's Studies - Critical Essay 

Duke University grad student Eric Adler ended up in a women's studies class because of the vicissitudes of scheduling. He was promised that there...

Rethinking cost-benefit analysis. 

This paper analyzes cost-benefit analysis from legal, economic, and philosophical perspectives. The traditional defense of cost-benefit analysis is...