Firm Grasp of the Obvious Department

From the Notebook pages of "The New Republic 1995":

Study Finds Sex, Pregnancy Link

-- Cornell Daily Sun, December 7, 1995

Whatever Their motives, Moms Who Kill Kids still Shock Us

-- Holland Sentinal, date unknown.

Survey Finds Dirtier Subways After Cleaning Jobs Were Cut

-- The New York Times, November 22

Larger Kangaroos Leap Farther, Researchers Find

-- The Los Angeles Times, November 2

'Light' meals are lower in fat, calories

-- Huntington Herald-Dispatch, November 30

Alcohol ads promote drinking

-- The Hartford Courant, November 18

Malls try to attract shoppers

-- The Baltimore Sun, October 22

Official: Only rain will cure drought

-- The Herald-News, Westpost, Massachusetts

Teen-age girls often have babies fathered by men

-- The Sunday Oregonian, September 24

Low Wages Said Key to Poverty

-- Newsday, July 11

Man shoots neighbor with machete

-- The Miami Herald, July 3

Tomatoes come in big, little, medium sizes

-- The Daily Progress, Charlottesville, Virginia, March 30

Dirty-Air Cities Far Deadlier Than Clean Ones, Study Shows

-- The New York Times, March 10

Man Run Over by Freight Train Dies

-- The Los Angeles Times, March 2

Scientists see quakes in L.A. future

-- The Oregonian, January 28

Wachtler tells graduates that life in jail is demeaning

-- The Buffalo News, February 26

Free Advice: Bundle up when out in the cold

-- Lexington Herald-Leader, January 26

Prosecution paints O.J. as a wife-killer

-- Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, January 25

Economist uses theory to explain economy

-- Collinsville Herald-Journal, February 8

Bible church's focus is the Bible

-- Saint Augustine Record, Florida, December 3, 1994

Clinton pledges restraint in use of nuclear weapons

-- Cedar Rapids Gazette, April 6

Discoveries: Older blacks have edge in longevity

-- The Chicago Tribune, March 5

Court Rules Boxer Shorts Are Indeed Underwear

-- Journal of Commerce, April 20

Biting nails can be sign of tenseness in a person

-- The Daily Gazette of Schenectady, New York, May 2

Lack of brains hinders research

-- The Columbus Dispatch, April 16

How we feel about ourselves is the core of self-esteem, says author Louise Hart

-- Boulder, Colorado, Sunday Camera, February 5

Fish lurk in streams

-- Rochester, New York, Democrat & Chronicle, January 29