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...limited success: West Germans still do less anthem singing and flag flying than their neighbors. Says Hans Mayer, professor emeritus of literature at Tübingen University: "Hitler's nationalism so upset the stomachs of the Germans, particularly the older ones, that they are now keeping to a very strict diet. The only time they break it is for a German soccer team...
...leaner People's Liberation Army has been planned for some time, and Communist Party Leader Hu Yaobang announced last week what amounts to a crash diet: China will demobilize 1 million men and women...
...soft drinks, Americans seem to have almost unquenchable thirst. A handy new aid that caters to this craving is called Soda Stream. Fitted with a carbon dioxide cartridge, the shiny plastic appliance fizzes tap water into salt-free club soda. Adding flavor concentrates will make instant plain or diet cola, tonic, root beer or the popular fruit sodas. Compared with supermarket soda prices, which can soar as high as 50˘ for a 12-oz. brand-name can, Soda Stream at 15˘ per bottle is a bargain. The initial investment of $39.95 buys the mechanism and other necessary accessories...
...recovery room. Regan groaned inwardly. Two other doctors took turns at the phone, while Nancy Reagan at the hospital listened on an extension. They discussed what would have to be done if the major surgery were delayed. Reagan would have to go on a preparatory regime again: restricted diet, enemas. Nancy, who seemed upset, interrupted to say, "Let's let the President make the decision," and hurried down the hall to the recovery room to consult her husband. He decided to get the operation over with...
...President's stool. Although this finding suggested that bleeding was occurring in the intestine which could signal the presence of a malignancy, doctors were not immediately alarmed; eating red meat also sometimes leads to traces of blood in stool. Indeed, after Reagan was placed on a restricted diet, the blood traces disappeared. Still, to be on the safe side, the President's doctors decided to remove the polyp, asked Reagan to pick the earliest convenient time, and scheduled what was to be a minor operation on July...