Word: blood
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Adams House guard Steven C. Fergusson said that Goldstine had suffered serious loss of blood and was almost in a state of shock when found. Fergusson said he did not know exactly when the accident had occurred...
...edges of the cross cut into her palm. Atthe time her grandmother had given her the crossshe had tried to be thankful but sincerity hadfaltered; she could only call up an imge of acrucified Jesus, blood streaming from hisforehead, the severed tendons in his hands andfeet. She had shivered and tried to thrust hisimage away from her; but it remained lodged in herthoughts...
...exaggerated the benefits of low-fat diets. Moore, who spent four years reviewing the scientific literature on the subject, acknowledges that researchers have established a link between high cholesterol and increased risk of heart disease. He argues, however, that diet modification cannot do much to lower cholesterol, that reducing blood levels of the suspect substance has not been proved to prolong life and that cholesterol-lowering drugs may carry more risks than benefits. Moore's readers are likely to come away totally bewildered about what to believe and whose advice to follow...
Unfortunately, heart disease is a hideously complex phenomenon. Diet is just one of a panoply of risk factors, which also include heredity, smoking, high blood pressure and obesity. Even the idea that cholesterol is "bad" is seriously flawed, since the chemical is produced naturally in the body and is vital to the functioning of human cells. It is carried in the bloodstream by two types of molecules: low-density lipoproteins (LDL) and high-density lipoproteins (HDL). Too much LDL is harmful because it contributes to the accumulation of fatty deposits that block arteries, but large amounts of HDL are thought...
...Tony Richardson. "She has created this image for herself, which makes her almost uncastable in a leading role in Hollywood. She's totally unrealistic in her attitude: when she says 'Zionism,' she thinks she isn't talking about Jews. But there isn't a single bit of anti-Semitic blood in Vanessa." Embittered, Redgrave nowadays declines to cooperate on articles -- including this one -- unless the publication pledges in writing not even to mention her politics...