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...Instead, he is advocating a drastic change in the sugar content of sodas. His Department of Nutrition is urging manufacturers to produce a line of beverages containing only 1 gm of sugar per ounce, a 70% reduction in sugar content. It's all part of a campaign to re-train the American sweet tooth. "If children grow up with everything tasting super sweet, then it's hard for them to appreciate he gentle sweetness of a fresh carrot or an apple," he says. "Part of this is deconditioning palates to a much more natural level of sweetness." That certainly...
...test of the President's ability to conduct an effective foreign policy. On Haiti, Clinton faltered early and embarrassed himself. In the opening days of his Administration, he felt obliged to continue George Bush's policy of sending all Haitian refugees back -- a policy he had denounced during the campaign as ''cruel.'' He had been well on the way to recovering, though. The U.S. brokered the agreement under which Aristide, who is living in Washington, was to be restored to power; it was signed on American soil, Governors Island in New York Harbor, in July. In a letter in June...
...Council members that proposed the purchase of 45 Mount Auburn Street, currently owned by the Foundation for Civic Leadership, for use as a student community center. The proposal, which has yet to receive any endorsement from any segment of the UC, would require the Council to organize a capital campaign to raise roughly $600,000 as a down-payment on the property. Serious debate erupted about whether the proposal for both the purchase and the capital campaign was sufficiently developed to be circulated to students...
...Representative Joshua J. Nuni ’10 presented the purchasing plan to the Council during one of the closed-door executive sessions at yesterday’s meeting, he said. According to the plan, the extensive capital campaign necessary for the down-payment would begin June 1, with the payment coming Sept...
...campaign could involve combining door-knocking campaigns, term-bill charges, rental fees from student groups, and alumni donations—and would entail hiring staff to help conduct the fundraising effort...