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...pretty frequently). The guy's so touchy, he's even afraid to have sex with his girlfriend, Betty (Liv Tyler) for fear of turning green, nasty and enormous. This figure has been lurking around the dimmer reaches of popular culture for decades - the sad result of the military-industrial complex screwing around with cell-poisoning gamma radiation, whatever that may be - without attaining more than second-level cult status...
...sample size, and the researchers focused primarily on the psychological effects that lead people to draw conclusions based on font style and presentation. Song says that based on her findings, she might recommend that if restaurant owners want to give consumers the impression that their food is complex and of special value, they should consider styling their menus accordingly...
...which puts the fruit on the list of high-risk foods that are prone to infection. But unlike the bagged spinach from the 2006 E. Coli scare, the tomatoes don't come with a traceable bar code. "When you're dealing with tomatoes, it is much, much more complex," explains Dr. David Acheson, the FDA's associate commissioner for foods. The FDA's great tomato hunt has an ever-expanding list of suspects. A salmonella victim can point to the supermarket (or restaurant) that sold the offending fruit, but that store probably sources its tomatoes from several suppliers, each...
...course, whether a child can--or, rather, should--diet is a more complex question. Most clinicians don't even like to use the word; instead, they talk about "lifestyle changes" and "weight-management protocols." Says nutritionist and family therapist Ellyn Satter of Madison, Wis., considered by many a pioneer in the field of child feeding: "Even the most conventional people will say, 'Don't put kids on diets,' but then they'll go on to talk about how you should reduce their sugar or fat intake. There's an awful lot of dieting in disguise...
...Inferiority Complex...