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...French Countryside There has to be something to be said for the Common Agricultural Policy, and indeed there is. The timeless contours of la France profonde - at least south of the wheat and beet belt - are a testimony to the long subsidy of French farming. The cap may offend free-trade purists, but on a summer morning somewhere in the Dordogne there's something to be said for impurity...
...dermatologists say any change in skin color, whether a golden tan or a beet-red sunburn, is a sign of UV damage. So much for the idea that a base tan is a form of protection, says Drusilla Hufford, director of the Environmental Protection Agency's stratospheric-protection division: "You are still very, very vulnerable...
...trend in wieners is to boast about the ingredients--organic, grass fed or nitrite free. Nitrites keep germs at bay and give dogs their hot pink hue but have been linked to various cancers. So the new uncured franks use natural preservatives instead, like celery juice and beets. Hans' All Natural ($4.99 for six) dogs, for example, have a brownish hue and a pronounced spicy taste. Pure Foods Uncured Beef Wieners ($5.49 for six) have a strong meaty taste and a redder hue, thanks to beet powder. Wellshire Farms offers a spicy frank ($4.99 for five) reminiscent of kielbasa...
...obviously a really stressful situation,” said Glazer, the head teaching fellow, last night. “I don’t think I’ve ever run that fast in my life, and I used to run cross-country. My face was beet red.” The lessons of the course were put to the test during the mishap, and students performed swimmingly, Ben-Shahar said. “I think the students were amazing. They were making jokes—they told me to give myself the permission to be human...
...When a 4th Infantry Division helicopter arrived, all but three of the evacuees had to be wheeled onto the Chinook, the elderly panting like animals suffering heatstroke, their mouths sagging and their tongues heavy and swollen. One paraplegic woman looked as if she had been broiled, her motionless legs beet red on the front and ghostly white on her calves. The evacuees were frightened, of both their plight and the booming helicopter that was there to save them. As the chopper pulled away, mothers down below screamed after it for rescue, holding their children high and sobbing...