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...able to predict the amount of calories in a food based on taste, demonstrating that the body uses cues like taste and texture to make sure it's getting enough fuel. Just as Pierce's rats were fooled into thinking they hadn't absorbed enough calories after eating diet chow, people are preprogrammed to anticipate sugary, high-calorie fulfillment when drinking a soda or noshing on a sweet-tasting snack. So, the diet versions of these foods may leave them unsatisfied, driving them to eat more to make up the difference...
...Falls Church, Va., is one of a growing number of niche companies swooping in to take care of the mundane tasks of parenting, all in the name of helping moms and dads attain a better work-life balance. Other lunchmakers include Brown Bag Naturals in Los Angeles and Kid Chow in San Francisco. Shuttle services like Mother Hen's Helpers in suburban New York and Kids in Motion in Pennsylvania will ferry your child to soccer practice or a doctor's appointment. And there are companies that will even come to your house and comb the lice out of your...
...under house arrest since kidnapping threats make venturing out too dangerous even with a squad of bodyguards. Other days I spend on embed with the U.S. military, where soldierly doldrums are punctuated by episodes of high adventure. One moment you're eating a plate of tasteless food in a chow hall. Hours later you're right behind U.S. troops as they kick in a door where insurgents might he hiding...
...Harvard students. “Since China is a place with ever increasing political, cultural, and economic influence, we thought it would be a great idea to have a dinner incorporating lessons about etiquette,” Cheuk said. Associate Professor of East Asian Languages and Civilizations Eileen C. Chow advised students on how to be polite when interacting with business professionals. “Please and thank you work very differently in China,” she said. “In cases in English when you would say thank you, you would instead be saying...
...even get away with playing to ignorant assumptions--if you're Hong Kong superstar Chow Yun-Fat. Chow signed on to Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End to impersonate what he describes as "the Western audience's stereotype of the Chinese bad guy from the 17th century: long beard, long fingernails." But he didn't fret over the racial cartoonery. "I just let it flow. I'm a good...