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...levels of circulating insulin in the first place. Among them are the inhabitants of the South Pacific island of Nauru, who--thanks to a surfeit of cheap, calorie-dense foods, along with a shift away from jobs requiring physical activity--have the unwelcome distinction of being some of the fattest, most diabetes-prone people on the planet...
...rewards could be as king-size as the vehicles' cabs. Ford earns an estimated $2,000 profit on each of its F-Series pickups, providing one of its fattest margins for a high-volume vehicle. The North American market for pickups is about 3 million a year. And while Ford will launch a redesigned F-150 this summer, Ghosn is confident that Nissan's investment in the Titan (whose platform will be used by other vehicles) will pay off. "Each time competitors enter a segment, profits have a tendency to go down," he acknowledges. "But the truck segment will remain...
...Shanghai from Yorkshire. His first assignment takes him to the scene of the above described sadistic murder of Lena Orlov, a down-and-out Russian princess who?like so many others in the city?had resorted to selling her only remaining commodity: herself. Field must find out why the fattest cats in town care about the brutal stabbing of this high-class whore...
...Okinawa prefectural government, U.S. military personnel were responsible for 5,006 crimes between 1972 and 2001. That's 1.7% of the 290,814 crimes committed in Okinawa during that period?perpetrated by a group that comprised 4% of the population. Rapes and sexual assaults by servicemen grab the fattest headlines of all. Last year, 2,260 rapes nationwide were reported to authorities. Statisticians don't break out how many were committed by foreigners, but this much is known: Of those rapes, 267 occurred in Osaka, 260 in Tokyo, and just 29 in Okinawa...
...several Gdynia prototypes that go beyond mere tinkering with conventional cargo hulls to meet the special needs of international clients. Together with lower labor costs and aggressive restructuring, this kind of niche marketing has fueled a remarkable turnaround. Order books for the Gdynia Shipyard Group are among the fattest in the global shipbuilding industry. Between now and 2004, some 65 ships worth more than $2 billion will sail from these docks...