1957 CHEVROLET

AARP BULLETIN(2007) 3/ 39

1957 CHEVROLET

WEIGHT  3,500 POUNDS/ V-8/ MPG IN CITY 14/ PRICE $2,400

2007 CHEVROLET

WIEGHT 3,800 POUNDS/ V-8/ MPG IN CITY 18/ $29,000

TOP 3 SELLERS IN USA IN 57' ford, gm, chrysler

TOP 3 SELLERS IN USA IN 2007' toyota, gm, ford

USA SHARE OF GLOBAL MARKET IN CARS

57' 68% 07' 18%

USA SALES BY US. AUTOMAKERS

57' 97%   07' 55%

US SALES BY FORIEGN COMPANIES

57' 4%   07' 46%

# OF DRIVE IN MOVIE THEATERS IN 57' 5,000

# OF DRIVE IN MOVIE THEATERS IN 07' 400

HIGHWAY FATALITIES

57' 37,000

07' 44,000

DIVORCE RATE

57' 25%

07' 50%

(ALL NUMBERS HAVE BEEN ROUNDED)

THE WEEK (2007) 3/9

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Contact sports where two youngsters slam into each other appears to cause brain damage later in life as well as memory problems and depression .Helmets protect from severe brain injury and skull fractures, but not other problems. The future appears that the helmets and related gear get safer or that those playing football, hockey and other contact sports must sign a legal waver that the team or school is not liable for the child's health.

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Vice president Cheney is retreating from the world. He speaks to very few and sees even less on an everyday basis. Comments related to the war seem to be far from the reality describe by either the right or left press.

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An individual accidentally sliced off half of his finger. Using a pig bladder extract, the individual was able to re grow his finger. More research is now going into this project.

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A major national study indicate that little girls are sexualized by their environment, media, and clothing industry. As they become sex objects self esteem drops. There was a review of literature of 300 studies.

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In UNHOOKED, females are more negatively impacted by casual sex. Various critics cited reservations about the book. One is that young women rarely have many partners and that is the same for males. There is a handful of both sexes that copulate with many others. The kids that have sex later in life the better.

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT (2007)  3/12

KINGSBERRY (53-57)

Is college worth it? Of the thousands of colleges and universities, there is a diverse curriculum and different standards to graduate. Except for community colleges,  post secondary

education can be extremely expensive. How many finish? What do they know  before they enter?

What do they know after they have finished college? Should the tests include calculations, problem solving and multiple choice questions. At this time, good colleges are ranked by various criteria. Does that mean anything? Some extremely expensive and prestigious colleges and universities are known to have legacy tracks of dumbed down courses for the children of rich alumni. What are they learning?  Only 60% of those who enter college will graduate six years later. The article discusses other abuses. It is time for a university level, LEAVE NO CHILD LEFT BEHIND testing with published results..