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...compared with up to 36% in grain-fed supermarket beef. For another, our ancestors couldn't count on a steady supply of any particular food. Hunters might bring down a deer or a rabbit or nothing at all. Fruit might be in season, or it might not. A chunk of honeycomb might have as many calories as half a dozen Krispy Kreme doughnuts, but you might be able to get it once a year at best--and it wouldn't have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: America's Obesity Crisis:Evolution: How We Grew So Big | 6/7/2004 | See Source »

...their newfound freedom, however, Guo and Tian are still the property of the Chinese state. Unlike Western athletes, they cannot fire their coaches, who have been assigned to them by local sports authorities. A big chunk of their endorsement earnings must be donated to the national swimming and diving association, which, in today's reformist economic era, must be financially self-sufficient. Both Tian and Guo live full-time in dormitories and are given just one day off each week, if that, to spend with their families. Reveille is at 6 a.m. and lights must be out at 10-although...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: From Heroes to Brands | 5/24/2004 | See Source »

Gibson scored a big chunk of Harvard’s other points yesterday, earning fifth in the shot put and sixth in the discus with throws of 12.79 and 39.19 meters respectively...

Author: By Gabriel M. Velez, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Men's and Women's Track Each Finish Eighth at Heptagonals | 5/10/2004 | See Source »

...guard notices he can help the cherubic, threatened swan’s swimming technique. Washington, meanwhile, channels his forceful yet charismatic Remember The Titans performance, berating the girl until she successfully stops flinching from the sound of the race’s starting shot. Surprisingly, Scott lavishes a substantial chunk of time on the astonishingly cute friendship—a decision which makes the audience actually care when Pita is kidnapped during a shootout with unknown assailants...

Author: By Scoop A. Wasserstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Film Review: Man on Fire | 4/23/2004 | See Source »

...whole lot of obvious sympathy for him--he calls him Big Bird behind his back. Big Bird used to be an electrician till he realized his true calling, namely, shooting smack. A few days ago, one of Big Bird's fellow junkies conked him on the head with a chunk of concrete--the chunk is in Conlon's desk, in fact, with blood and hair still on it--and it's Conlon's job to find...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Rhapsody In Blue | 4/19/2004 | See Source »

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