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Roth, who has already observed the life-extending effectiveness of caloric restriction in rodents, is conducting similar experiments with primates. Even if they succeed, however, trying to apply the treatment to humans could prove dicey. In a nation of consumers for whom caloric belt tightening can mean little more than a smaller serving of French fries with their bacon cheeseburgers, the belief that people would be willing to reduce what they eat by a full third is probably unrealistic...
...that dicey district known as Broadway, there are no sure bets, but reviving a cherished old musical comes close. Find a Rodgers and Hammerstein gem that's been away for a while or dust off a fondly remembered piece of froth like A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum, and nostalgic theatergoers will probably beat a path to your stage door...
...There is no evidence that sexually oriented material is the primary type of content on this new medium," they wrote. "Communications over the Internet do not 'invade' an individual's home or appear on one's computer screen unbidden." The judges found that dicey material--whether from Bianca's Smut Shack or Playboy magazine's hugely popular site--was generally preceded by warnings admonishing those under the age of 18 to keep out. Even the government's own expert witness acknowledged that the odds were slim that a user would come across a sexually explicit site by accident...
...between the two top finishers could be held as early as July 7. It is in the second round that Yeltsin hopes to win, as those scared that their past may become their future swallow their misgivings and vote for him. Yet even that mathematically plausible scenario is considered dicey. Talk of postponing the elections is the rage in Moscow, and serious observers wonder whether Yeltsin would--or should--yield power if he loses to Zyuganov...
...think we might be able to do it for a year or two, but I think it's very dicey," Peretz said. "Alumni like to give to Harvard...