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...study asked its participants—who were each assigned to a diet that emphasized either proteins, carbohydrates, or fat—to cut their calorie intake by 750 calories a day and were asked to exercise each week. Regardless of which diet they were on, all participants lost weight...
...Harvard’s recent recruitment efforts in lower-income areas across the country have also yielded a greater number of applicants who need financial aid. But Donahue said that the admissions office is now planning to cut back on these trips to slash costs...
...response of the Bush Administration to the attacks of 9/11 was to invade Iraq. Another was to order up a new fleet of hyper-secure helicopters to transport the Commander in Chief - out of concern that a President borne by the current generation of choppers could be cut off from the rest of the world. But like the war in Iraq, the new helicopters are taking much longer, and costing far more, than originally anticipated. As President Barack Obama winds down the war, it's looking increasingly likely that he'll also end the Pentagon's four-year effort...
...Kelly supports cutting levels of combat troops. He notes that the number of American soldiers in Anbar fell from 38,000 to 23,000 during his tour, and he could have cut even more. And those that remained changed their way of operating, encouraging Iraqis to take the lead while promising that a dedicated U.S. military unit would be standing by if the Iraqis ran into trouble and needed U.S. help. "We've never been called as a quick-reaction force since we started doing this," Kelly said. But Kelly's Baghdad commanders were leery. "I had conversations with...