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It's about freakin' time

...reference sites already list F-bomb and other entries Merriam-Webster is only now putting into print. A competitor, Oxford University Press, has F-bomb under consideration for a future update of its New Oxford American Dictionary but beat Merriam-Webster...

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Blood pressure drug promising for patients with heart trouble

...bad hearts. ''This extends the use of ACE inhibitors in a massively broad way,'' said Dr. Peter Sleight of Oxford University in England, one of the researchers. The study found that people with clogged arteries or diabetes reduce their...

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Here's a consumer's guide to the Bible on the Web

...22 study Bibles for sale. Every one is Protestant and conservative. This site spurns two estimable choices from Oxford University Press: the Catholic Study Bible, for members of that denomination, and the New Oxford Annotated Bible, favored...

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Church
Better treatment has slashed breast cancer deaths by quarter

...drug tamoxifen, taken by about 1 million women worldwide, said Sir Richard Peto, a professor of epidemiology at Oxford University who headed the study, published this week in The Lancet medical journal. ''This is the first time that improvements...

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Clinton plans Vietnam trip

...Vietnam. The president actively opposed the war, and sat out the conflict as a student at Georgetown University, Oxford University and Yale Law School. Charges of draft dodging dogged his 1992 campaign, and have flared up every time the administration...

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Politics
New book counts believers

...especially in China and Africa. The trends are reported in the second edition of the "World Christian Encyclopedia" (Oxford University Press), a compilation of statistical estimates and descriptions for each religious group in each nation. "Christianity...

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Names and faces

...effectively ended last year's presidential campaign. "Supreme Injustice" is scheduled for publication this spring by Oxford University Press. "I want to reach the multitudes of Americans who are demanding an explanation of the Supreme Court's decision...

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Marking a milestone American religion's vast changes in 50 years

...percentage started to slip, according to the "New Historical Atlas of Religion in America," just published by Oxford University Press. A major reason for the slippage: the unprecedented declines year after year that hit mainline Protestant...

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Names and faces

...London, a day after delivering a speech outlining his vision for healing the world's children to 500 students at Oxford University. He was almost three hours late for that engagement. Exotic dancer sues Stallone SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP...

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Eastwood pitches solar energy

...Boteach, the author of "Kosher Sex" and co-founder of the children's charity Heal the Kids. The eccentric king of pop recently helped promote Heal the Kids by bringing a message of peace, love and healing to Oxford University.

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