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...filled with brown eggs and pasture-raised beef and pork into the shop for co-op members. He had to distribute the milk, however, out of the back of his truck - a rule the store's owner, Paula Campanio, reluctantly imposed after the raid. "I'm trying to be discreet," she says. "When I see a police car go by, I'm convinced they're coming for me." Demand from her customers for the milk is strong enough that she's willing to take the risk, but she's hoping that keeping the stuff out of her premises will make...
...this lame duck (can ducks trot?) has certainly sparked a rush of internet traffic to Rui's blog, and gotten his post onto the front page of China's most popular blog aggregator, www.blog.sina.com.cn. Regardless of motives or the merits of the argument (as the outlet is so discreet, I'm pretty agnostic, though there is something strange about having it right in the middle of the complex), the incident is a disturbing reminder that emotive nationalist posturing can be dangerously amplified by the web, and even acquire a life of its own. In China, as everywhere else, events...
...only Presidential hopeful to come through town in recent months. Former Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina, who recently announced his candidacy in New Orleans, made a stop in Los Angeles to promote his book Home: The Blueprint Of Our Lives, and, like Obama, had a few discreet meetings with entertainment industry figures. Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, Sen. Chistopher J. Dodd of Connecticut and Delaware Sen. Joseph Biden have all visited Hollywood. Some come to test the waters; others are raising money. But all of them are looking for face-time with celebrities, entertainment industry heavyweights and Hollywood's Democratic...
...this point, Hollywood's Democrats are being relatively discreet in announcing their favorites. While Hillary Clinton certainly has a devoted following in town - although her stand on Iraq has alienated some - Obama has a fresh-face appeal. Former Vice President Al Gore, who's beloved by the Hollywood environmental community, is also someone with lots of fans. "I would do everything in my power to convince Gore to run again," says environmental activist Laurie David, who is also be the wife of Curb Your Enthusiasm's Larry David. "But he says he's not seriously considering...
...analyzes 206 studies on the health effects of juice, milk, and soft drinks - all of them published over the five-year period ending Dec. 31, 2003, and archived in the National Library of Medicine's online database, Medline. Ludwig says his team focused on beverages because they provided a discreet, easily analyzed sample to test the hunch that nutritional science might be skewed by industry dollars. (More studies would be needed to assess the impact of sponsorship on food research, which the study did not address...