Teen Acne and Depression: Can Mood Worsen Skin? Sep 19, 2009
The Norwegian adolescents who said they regularly use alcohol and cigarettes were no more likely to report acne than those who were abstemious. Only mental distress was strongly correlated with acne in both boys and girls. (Time.com)
Salazar's exhibit highlights plight of homeless Sep 12, 2009
Here, the basic human struggle for shelter and refuge is artfully captured along with the challenge of incorporating beauty into an otherwise abstemious environment. The quest is not exclusive to the privileged, but sought by everyone. (Fresno Bee -- Opinion)
Taking the calorie quiz Jun 4, 2009
You were abstemious all day, but at dinner, in addition to an entree, you allowed yourself large servings of whole-wheat bread and olive oil, an entire avocado, and, for dessert, a slice of flourless dark chocolate cake. Did you overeat. (Boston Globe)
Can We Reverse Global Climate Change? Part II May 29, 2009
Nor should they aspire to it even if they are able to ape the slightly more abstemious Japanese. Conventional wisdom of the kind still adhered to by mainstream Western economic thinking maintains that technology, trade and smart financial tools, combined with a better pricing of externalities, will somehow both end poverty and save the world. (YaleGlobal Online Magazine, CT)
The Networks Look Ahead: Change the Channel May 23, 2009
The underlying question at the just completed network "upfronts," or fall-schedule presentations to advertisers, was, If we are truly becoming a different society--more abstemious, more modest in our ambitions, more community-focused, or just poorer--what will this new society blow its time watching on the tube. The networks today are in the delicate position of promising that their new shows will help advertisers sell things--by capturing the spirit of a new age in which no one is buying. (Time.com)
Why the Vow of Celibacy Is More Important Than Ever May 16, 2009
But the priests who stand in the person of Christ at Mass, who dispense God's mercy in the confessional, who baptize our children and bury our deadwe Catholics expect them to be sexually abstemious. They are supposed to be holy, and holiness has always and everywhere been associated with purity. (Slate)
A towering record, painstakingly built Feb 20, 2009
And the former Mormon missionary says he had a single goal in entering Washington politics "to fight Ted Kennedy." To be clear, Hatch notes, it was not to fight the Democrats, or control government spending, or advance a social agenda consistent with Hatch's abstemious ways. This was personal. (Boston Globe)
