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...about 37% of their daily calories from fat, the average for the general population these days. Federal dietary guidelines recommend reducing fat to no more than 30% of calories. In particular, people are urged to eat less red meat and more main courses lower in fat, such as chicken and fish. The merits of such a plan were borne out in the Harvard study: the more poultry and fish in the nurses' diet, the lower their chances of getting colon cancer. Women who consumed skinless chicken two or more times a week had half the risk of those...
GAME theoreticians model situations such as the current standoff in the Gulf in the form of a game called "Chicken." Just as hot-rodding teenagers may scream their souped-up cars toward each other in an adolescent test of wills, each hoping that the other will swerve off the road, so can national leaders threaten each other with mutual destruction in order to persuade the adversary to give...
...possible strategy in a highway game of Chicken is to clearly demonstrate to your opponent that your wrists are handcuffed to the rear-view mirror, thus preventing you from swerving. Opponents who value their lives have no choice but to swerve in this situation. The critical provision here is that the opponent must fear death more than dishonor...
...reason for the spread of salmonella, ironically, is Americans' determination to guard their health. In the quest to keep cholesterol levels down, people are turning more often to low-fat poultry: annual per capita consumption of chicken alone has risen from 40 lbs. in 1970 to more than 70 lbs. this year. Unfortunately, mass-production techniques make many poultry farms and plants prime breeding grounds for salmonella. Different strains of the bacteria can contaminate eggs as well as meat. (Raw cow's milk can also be tainted, but beef is less of a problem than poultry because the slaughtering process...
...also wearing a rubber chicken, a loan from his roommate, and a Yale tie, a gift from his uncle...