Word: depressant
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...Thornier social and political issues such as the war and abortion are handled with a lighter touch,much in the manner ofThe Daily Show's Jon Stewart, the undisputed hero among college comics. "Normal news can depress you," says Elise Webb, 20, who performs with two different groups at Loyola University in Chicago. "We need some way to cope. Jon Stewart doesn't take anything too seriously. It's easier to take someone joking about a situation." When Chowdah, one of four established comedy groups at Columbia University in New York City, decided to make fun of America's anti...
Researchers have known since at least the 1990s that trans fats are doubly bad for the heart. They boost bad-cholesterol (LDL) levels and depress good-cholesterol (HDL) levels in the blood. The Department of Health and Human Services estimates that processed foods and oils account for 80% of the national intake of trans fats. The FDA suggests you cut down as much as possible on the fats. One study concluded that eliminating hydrogenated oils could prevent up to 100,000 premature coronary deaths a year...
...survey predicted that the corn crop will increase by 8% from last year, to a record 8.27 billion bu. The soybean harvest is expected to be up 5%, to 1.96 billion bu., while cotton production will rise 6%, to 13.8 million bales. These bumper crops are sure to depress agricultural prices, which are already at extraordinarily low levels. Corn is selling for $2.32 per bu., down from $3.36 in June of 1984. Soy beans, which sold for $8. 12 per bu. in May of last year, have sunk...
...floating exchange rates as his predecessor. The Administration took a step away from that system in September, when officials met with representatives of Britain, France, Japan and West Germany at New York City's Plaza Hotel. The group agreed that the dollar was too powerful and tacitly decided to depress its value by selling dollars and buying other currencies. Robert Hormats, former Assistant Secretary of State for Economic Affairs, believes that without saying so, the Treasury Department is eyeing a target zone for the dollar. Says he: "The U.S. changed its policy at the Plaza and didn't announce...
...poets to believe that one says their poems are bad not because one is a fiend but because their poems are bad." In private he was a shade more merciful. He wrote but then urged an editor not to print a review of an Archibald MacLeish book: "It would depress and vex the poor guy and do no good...