Subtle Skeptics News

 
TV Skeptic: 'Weight of the Nation' is light on balance about obesity
Los Angeles Times
About a year after we got the tumor diagnosis (we were very fortunate an observant doctor caught the subtle signs of the tumor, a prolactinoma, early) I was told by my own doctor at a checkup that my blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides were ...

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A Luxury Slowdown in China? Don't Hold Your Breath
Wall Street Journal (blog)
By Jason Chow Skeptics be damned: Barring a terrorist attack, pandemic or corruption crackdown, China will lead the boom in luxury goods for years to come, a new report says. While many industry observers expect the country's growth to slow this year, ...

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A Luxury Slowdown in China? Don't Hold Your Breath
Wall Street Journal (blog)
Skeptics be damned: Barring a terrorist attack, pandemic or corruption crackdown, China will lead the boom in luxury goods for years to come, a new report says. While many industry observers expect the country's growth to slow this year, brokerage CLSA ...

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Barnes Foundation Changes Location, But Little Else
WBUR
Some of the changes are subtle: wood windows instead of metal, a lighter shade of oak for the moldings. The most dramatic difference is the lighting. Barnes director Derek Gillman shows off a second-floor gallery in the new building.

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Salon
“Why won't you answer me?”
Salon
There's a sense that children are a little bit like psephologists: They look at what people say around them, and they do a head count, and they see that there's nobody who's a skeptic about germs. But on the other hand there are very subtle signs that ...

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Brian Bishop: The late Peter Lord, reporter or advocate?
The Providence Journal (blog)
Of course one must parse what is meant by thoughtful, for I mean searching, subtle, ironic or complex, not simply something that wouldn't cause offense. Hoping to be ever thoughtful, if occasionally offensively frank, I cannot help but savor the irony ...


 
Greg Stiemsma Receiving All-Rookie Vote Latest Small Step in 'One Heck of a Ride'
NESN.com
A single vote was nothing for the Celtics center to write home to Wisconsin about, but it was the latest subtle sign that the 26-year-old's long journey to the NBA was worth it. "I'm usually not big on individual accomplishments and stuff, ...

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