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Fruits, vegetables, fish and low-fat dairy products contain high levels of the amino acid methionine, which is important in preventing colon cancer, and folic acid, which is used by the body to make methionine...

Author: By Abhinav Seth, | Title: Scientists Link Lack Of Fruit to Cancer | 2/15/1995 | See Source »

...study found that men who had diets low in methionine and folic acid and at the same time had an average of two drinks a day or more were at a greater risk for colon cancer than those who had a diet high in nutrients and who drank alcohol at more moderate levels...

Author: By Abhinav Seth, | Title: Scientists Link Lack Of Fruit to Cancer | 2/15/1995 | See Source »

...about writing a semi-coherent theory chapter that will enable me to graduate. This is a sorry situation indeed. It must be avoided in the future; Dorksworth's legacy must be destroyed. I would suggest an immediate ban on thesis-writing, with suitable economic safeguards for those vendors of acid-free paper and laser printing who make a living off the hapless seniors...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Dr. Dorksworth's Legacy | 2/9/1995 | See Source »

...example, Murray says electric power plants in China have multiple negative effects on the surrounding community, including problems with acid rain, dust and carbon dioxide emission...

Author: By Wilson J. Liao, | Title: Scientists Devise New Pollution Index | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

...earliest recordings that will be broadcast during the orgy, those from the period 1955-1960, Cecil Taylor sounds approximately like a jazz pianist on acid. He performs with the standard format of a jazz combo: piano, bass, drums, and a hornman, in this case, soprano saxophonist Steve Lacy. The group records several versions of tunes from the standard jazz repertoire. Hearing Taylor perform the Duke Ellington-Billy Strayhorn composition "Johnny Come Lately" has almost the shock value that hearing Jimi Hendrix's version of "The Star Spangled Banner" must have had ten years later. The familiar jazzman's repertoire turns...

Author: By Eric D. Plaks, | Title: Passionate Taylor Grooves | 1/20/1995 | See Source »

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