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...long to breast-feed a child has probably been going on as long as children have been breast-fed. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that babies nurse for six months and, if possible, for 12 or more. (Iron-fortified infant formula can be substituted, if necessary, but no cow's milk for a full year.) Twelve months is a long time, however, especially for working mothers. I asked June Reinisch, former director of the Kinsey Institute and one of the authors of the J.A.M.A. study, what she advises. "More is better" as far as IQ is concerned, she says...
...that makes babies so smart? Reinisch suspects there is a component of mother's milk that either protects the central nervous system or stimulates its development. The likeliest candidate: a long-chain polyunsaturated acid known as DHA that is found in human milk but not in infant formula or cow's milk. Today's infant formulas, by the way, are fortified with a precursor of DHA called ala and may offer some of the same benefits...
...seem to have the weight of history on their side. "A business strategy that alienates your customer base isn't a good strategy," says Andreessen. "The most productive way to solve the problem is to satisfy demand." CDs saved music in 1985; perhaps some modest fencing around the cash cow of CD burning can save the industry again in 2003. --With reporting by Daren Fonda/New York and Jeff Chu/London
...first thing I did when I arrived at the feedlot was put myself inside a cow's head and see with its eyes. Because their eyes are on the sides of their head, cattle have wide-angle vision. Those cattle must have felt as if they were being forced to jump down an airplane escape slide into the ocean...
...public wholesale. The mammoth Wal-Mart chain?annual revenues of $218 billion made it the largest company on this year's FORTUNE 500 list?emphasizes customer service to bring in the crowds while keeping prices in check with high-tech inventory management?and by using its clout to cow suppliers. Charles Holley, senior vice president for Wal-Mart International, calls his company's formula for wringing profits out of low-margin merchandise "the productivity loop...