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Toys R Us routinely sues any companies who attempt to trademark "R Us" as part of their name.

Kitty displays a slippery slope fallacy when she talks about them smoking, then assumes that Donna is dancing around topless then states that the basement is like Amsterdam. Red also makes a hasty generalization that the boys learned to smoke because they listen to the Beatles. His assumption is that all rock band members and their followers are hippies and pot heads.

This study found that smokers' who performed self-affirming activities were less defensive and more responsive to cigarette warning ads and quitting smoking than smokers who did not perform these activities.

There are ways to reduce your risk of having a stroke - for example, you can exercise more and not smoke. But should a stroke occur, you might also be able to reduce your risk of losing brain function if you are a speaker of more than one language.

Dr. Thomas Bak, one of the study's authors, posits that language learning helps brains build "cognitive reserve": a rich network of neural connections - highways that can can still carry the busy traffic of thoughts even if a few bridges are destroyed, as via a stroke. "People with more mental activities have more interconnected brains, which are able to deal better with potential damage," Bak says. He likens language learning's effect on the brain to swimming's ability to strengthen the body. Learning a language at any stage in life provides a thorough workout, but other cognitive "exercises," such as doing puzzles or playing a musical instrument, might also benefit stroke recovery, he said. The research applies to the larger concept of neuroplasticity, in that the brain is dynamic and can adapt to new challenges when properly conditioned,