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...product. “I have no desire to ever try it again” says Fesmire. The kit includes a tube of K-Y Jelly and a latex surgical glove. Cornell professor Brian Wansink, winner of the Ig Nobel Nutrition Prize, studied the effect of rigged, bottomless soup bowls on the human appetite. “We hooked up soup bowls with six quarts of tomato soup,” says Wansink, a food psychologist. According to his study, “the typical person ate around 15 ounces, but others ate more than a quart...
...nowhere near forming a united country, perhaps letting them settle into states partitioned according to ethnic and religious differences is the most practical and humane policy available. Someday the better angels of the Iraqis' natures may bring them closer to union, but American blood and treasure are not bottomless resources for propping up a largely fictive nation. Steve McGreal, Chicago...
...people over 65 will nearly double from 35 million in 2000 to 69 million in 2030, the idea of a health-care trust fund may soon become a model for other companies, particularly those in other struggling Rust Belt industries with lots of retirees. "It's not a bottomless pit, which is what employers are afraid of," says Helen Darling, president of the National Business Group on Health, a health-care-policy group for FORTUNE 500 companies. That fear has pushed many companies out of providing retiree health benefits; only 33% of companies with more than 200 employees offer them...
...these people jump and shout along with their favorite anthems of soca and calypso - particularly favoring Machal Montano, the biggest name in Caribbean music since Bob Marley - blasting from huge trucks equipped with gargantuan sound systems. Rigs of the same size serve a bottomless supply of drinks. "I've always heard about it, so my other expatriate friends talked me into doing this," Fred Bauer, 46, an engineering designer who moved to the country a year ago from Texas, told me. "I'm from the South so I know what Mardi Gras is like. Here, it's a different flavor...
...William Kristol flayed senator Hillary Clinton for shuffling on issues with the war [Jan. 29]. It is disingenuous for Kristol to write about the faults of Democrats and the war. He should pay more attention to the Republican President and his allies. They have led this country into a bottomless pit, and Kristol has been a big cheerleader. John W. Mashek Washington...