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...calorie foods can thwart your ability to regulate how much you eat--if you are a rat, that is. Researchers found that lab animals sometimes fed saccharin-sweetened liquid consumed more food than did rats given an equally sweet but always high-calorie liquid. (Rats given a high-cal supplement the consistency of milk also gained more weight than did rats fed a thicker, pudding-like substance.) The study's authors think the same phenomenon may hold true for humans: early on, we learn to sense how calorie-packed a food is--by its sweetness and viscosity, for example--which...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Low-Calorie Sabotage? | 7/12/2004 | See Source »

...There are some people—can’t tell how many at the very high levels of academic excellence that would make them good matches for us—who think primarily of a more intensively engineering-focused place such as MIT or Cal Tech,” she wrote. “We may not see them in our pool, perhaps for good reasons (i.e. the match with Harvard may not in fact be good...

Author: By Stephen M. Marks, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The DNA of Harvard Falling Behind | 6/10/2004 | See Source »

...local fishermen. "I have always had a passion for cooking," he says, while boasting of his A-grade guest list, which includes Princess Caroline of Monaco, Luciano Pavarotti and George Michael. Not surprisingly, the background music is Pavarotti and Michael, along with Brazilian and Cuban rhythms. - Martha de la Cal Guimaraes Just Dessert Guimaraes is often called the "cradle of the nation" because it was here, in 1128, that Portugal declared its independence from the Spaniards of Castile and Galicia. Today, however, it is better known for a dessert called Toucinho do Céu (bacon from heaven), a rich...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Diners' Port of Call | 6/2/2004 | See Source »

...that's because Pistone was in law enforcement, used to filling out just-the-facts-ma'am crime reports.) Still, the skinny here is often sensational, and reading the section about how to carry out a hit will almost make you feel the cold, steely tickle of a .22-cal. handgun close by. "For New York wiseguys," writes Brasco, "the preferred method of execution is two behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Mob Life for Dummies | 5/31/2004 | See Source »

...nationally ranked teams will be racing this weekend, including No. 1 undefeated Cal and No. 2 Princeton, which has lost this year only to No. 3 Ohio State...

Author: By J. PATRICK Coyne, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Radcliffe Heavies Head West To Defend NCAA Title | 5/26/2004 | See Source »

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