Brain studies show men and women process language differently
Suzanne Fields notes a Yale study with 38 volunteers finding functional language differences between male and female brains. The research supports biology over culture, showing left-dominant language in men and more bilateral processing in many women, with broader implications for gender differences and education.
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Sally Shaywitz
Yale Center For Learning and Attention
Shaywitzes
U.S
Suzanne Fields
Washington
Los Angeles Times
Hearts and Darts in New Bern items mix praise and critique
A weekly Hearts and Darts roundup credits Pierce Associates for a contested plan to convert New Bern Rest Home into inmate treatment housing, notes community opposition and police concerns, and praises Maola Milk’s Cow Cafe national exposure. It also condemns Jones County residents blocking daytime ambulance funding and highlights two students as Morehead Award finalists.
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Pierce Associates
New Bern Rest Home
State Department of Correction
DOC
Pierce
New Bern
City Hall
Oaks Road
Maola
Dairy
Jones County
Hearts
Morehead
University of North Carolina At Chapel Hill
Carey King
New Bern High School
John Gibbs
Pamlico County High School
Chapel Hill
Florida suit against cigarette makers condemned as abuse of power
The Florida lawsuit seeks about 1.4 billion dollars in Medicaid reimbursements from tobacco companies. Critics say the action misplaces responsibility for health harms and singles out smoking, urging limits on government involvement in health care. The piece argues taxpayers would be better served if government exited the health care business.
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Florida
Gazette Telegraph
Colorado Springs
Lawmakers seek tighter control over executive rulemaking
Rep. David Redwine discusses proposed bills 191 to 194 to require economic impact statements for agency rules, empower the Rules Review Commission, and place final legislative approval on environmental and other rules. The plan aims to curb unvetted regulation and boost legislative accountability.
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Redwine
D-Brunswick
General Assembly
Executive Branch
N.C. Building Code Council
Council
State Office of Budget
N.C. Rules Review Commission
Joint Legislative Administrative Procedures Oversight Commission
Full
Bill Holman
The
Sierra Club
Paul O'Connor
Capitol Press Association
Grassley confronts defense waste and airlift abuse
A syndicated column praises Chuck Grassley for attacking military waste and abuses in USAF Airlines. It cites Grassley sparring with Defense Secretary Perry over unfunded operations and exposing lavish flight patterns by Air Force leaders, plus Grimaldi's critique of a feudal brass system and GAO inquiry efforts.
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Chuck Grassley
U.S. Senate
Chuck
Washington
Parker
America
Defense
Bill Perry
Perry
Senate
Rwanda
Haiti
Somalia
Yugoslavia
Grassley
Air Force
Joseph W. Ashy
Ashy
Italy
Charlie
Union
R.A. Grimaldi
Grimaldi
USAF
General Accounting Office
GAO
Coii
O.J
U.S. Army
David Hackworth
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John R. Graham
Patrick Holmes
Judy Zimmerman
Jerry Wicks
Vermont
Royster
Freedom Newspaper
East Carolina University
Doug Stephan
Framingham
Mass
U.S.A
Stephan
Sun Journal
N.C
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Evan Slarrois
Raleigh
David Redwine
Brunswick County
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