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Japanese researchers are also convinced. Breast cancer is one of the fastest-growing diseases among Japanese women, with the incidence up 58% between 1975 and 1985. "The largest factor behind the sharp rise is the Westernization of eating habits," says Dr. Akira Eboshida, chief deputy director of the Health and Welfare Ministry's Disease Control Division. "We are eating more animal fat and less fiber." Cancer of the breast is not the only ailment rising with the larding of the Japanese diet. Heart disease is also surging, as is cancer of the colon, ovaries and prostate. All have been linked...
Harvard junior Tom Peterson was moved from the 500-yard freestyle to the 1000-yard freestyle and finished in 9:23.52, the EISL's second-fastest time in that event this year. Fellow distance swimmer Steve Root edged a strong effort by Ivan Montoya in the 200-yard butterfly by less than half a second for a 1-2 Harvard finish...
...Fastest Rush to the Mainstream Rap music began as something def from the ghetto, got sanitized by b-boys like M.C. Hammer and Vanilla Ice, and quickly became a we're-so-hip cliche even on TV commercials. As they say, it's not comin' correct...
...goods that disappear from store shelves during the holiday season are bought. Sticky-fingered customers and employees make off with $9 billion in merchandise annually, and Christmas is the big season. Shoplifting has jumped 35% in the past four years, making it the fastest-growing larceny crime in the country. According to one study, shoplifters get away with the loot 97% of the time...
...something of a fast track. In a brutal economic climate for magazines, Utne Reader's circulation has tripled in the past three years, to 204,000, making it one of the nation's fastest growing periodicals. Ad pages climbed more than 160% over the same period. The Reader hawks products like Birkenstock sandals, Gevalia coffee and "socially responsible" mutual funds while banning alcohol...