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    To Board a Cruise Ship–and Never Get Off Meet the retirees who never stop moving.

    Your Classroom Is Making You Fail Almost everyt traditional classroom design makes it harder to learn–yet the fixes are often simple.

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    Breaking the Cycle

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    Beats: Space

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    Beats: Food

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    Beats: Health

    Access to health care is as much a matter of public policy as it is the size of a person’s pocketbook; within a doctor’s office, many factors affect the quality of treatment.

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