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...scientists already knew that fats belong to a class of compounds known as esters, which are made from acid molecules linked with alcohol molecules. So they started tinkering with the number of fatty acids that could be attached to a molecule of alcohol. In the process, they made an unexpected discovery. In laboratory animals, an ester composed of an alcohol and one fatty acid was pretty well digested and absorbed. But two fatty acids were better, and three were better still. The chemists reasonably assumed they could keep adding more...
...serve as summer interns. The five undergraduates selected by TIME are just finishing two months as paid journalists in our offices in New York City. In addition to a salary, the work provides the interns with on-the-job opportunities to develop writing, reporting and graphics skills. Says Ester Connelly, who manages the TIME education program: "Our commitment to students is the same as it is to the reader. We are interested in encouraging a climate where people learn to think about the world around them constructively...
When Time Inc. decided in early 1984 to attempt to combat rising illiteracy in America, recalls Toni Fay, director of corporate community relations, "Our ^ research indicated that there was a lack of high-interest materials. We thought we could motivate students to read through a careful use of TIME." Ester Connelly, who manages the Time Education Program in Yardley, Pa., was charged with devising a curriculum outline and one-day training course that would enable volunteers to teach reading and vocabulary through use of the magazine's advertisements, headlines and captions, as well as its articles...
...holds out some promise. Once someone thought up the word neoconservative, neoliberalism was not long in coming, as has been made clear in the pages of the New Republic, the Washington Monthly, the Atlantic and other journals of the cognoscenti. Gurus abound in the likes of Robert Reich, I ester Thurow, and Charles Peters--and there are plenty of politicians who have been ready and willing to take up the "new ideas" cudgel: Sen. Gary W. Hart (D-Colo.). Sen Paul E. Tsongas (D-Mass.). Rep. Timothy Wirth (D-Colo.). And there are, of course, the requisite buzzwords: industrial policy...
...B.D.U.s replaced the popular and battle-tested green cotton-and-poly-ester fatigues, which had been in service for 24 years. The Army has spent $205 million on 6.4 million sets and is pressing on with plans to buy 7 million more at a cost of $227 million. The Army plans to provide at least four sets to each of the more than 778,000 regular soldiers, both men and women, and to 670,000 National Guardsmen. The uniform will also be used by the other services. Nonetheless, alterations are planned. A new line will do away with the reinforced...