Word: adds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Diet was a first step. To begin with, such cholesterol-rich foods as eggs and organ meats and most cheeses can directly add to the level of potentially harmful LDL. Fat has an even bigger impact, although the reasons are not well understood. Saturated fat tends to raise LDL levels. Butter, bacon, beef, whole milk, virtually any food of animal origin is high in saturated fat; so are two vegetable oils: coconut and palm. Polyunsaturated fats, which are typically of vegetable origin, have the opposite effect; thus corn, safflower, soybean and sesame oils tend to lower the level of potentially...
...rough time doing it--captured by an insane bunch of women who survived the Nazi reign of terror who think he's a traitor to them or running into a whole bunch of killers from Aquitaine on trains. But the rough times are just there to add space, not inventive or surprising plot twists, to the very long (647 pages) book. The problem is that we already know what the conspiracy is, and somehow, the rough times seem like parodies of better Ludlum novels...
...Pickens heard about the rebuffed Arco bid, and sold $300 million of securities to come up with the cash for a $65/share bid for about 12 percent of Gulf's shares, to add to the 9 percent of the company he already controlled...
...Mary, Joseph, angels, shepherds, kings and animals the only way to encourage such secular motives? Equally effective would have been the merry Santa scene without the religious accoutrements. The city of Pawtucket, already showcasing enough symbols of the happy season to fill several acres of displays, went on to add a creche--but no menorah or Buddha...
...Polish-born American, I want to add to your analysis of Chernenko. The new leader has a round face, indicating a stubbornness that is typical of a Russian peasant. In spite of this, people from this background are easier to negotiate with and to handle. They are emotional, honest and, if properly approached, rational. In contrast to Chernenko, Yuri Andropov had the profile of a Western intellectual, and this image initially misled the world. There is no mask on Chernenko...