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...tstyle-rowband-size:0; mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; mso-style-noshow:yes; mso-style-parent:""; mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-para-margin:0in; mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; mso-pagination:widow-orphan; font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-ansi-language:#0400; mso-fareast-language:#0400; mso-bidi-language...

Author: By Crimson Sports Staff | Title: Men's Basketball Stuns No. 17 Boston College, 82-70 | 1/7/2009 | See Source »

...consumers supposed to tell good glasses from bad? It is not easy. Last year manufacturers adopted a voluntary labeling code developed by the nonprofit American National Standards Institute. Some glasses now carry tags saying MEETS ANSI STANDARDS. But critics charge the labels are inadequate. ANSI divides sunglasses into three categories: fashion spectacles that shield eyes from only 70% of UV-B and less than 60% of UV-A; everyday eyewear that screens out 95% of UV-B and between 60% and 92% of UV-A; and special-purpose glasses that absorb almost 99% of ultraviolet rays...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health & Fitness: Do Your Shades Do the Job? | 7/4/1988 | See Source »

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