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...best place to start sightseeing is at Canada's own pavilion, which is across town, half a mile or so from the rest of Expo. Set on a giant pier, it is topped by five soaring fiber-glass sails and looks a little like an 18th century man-of-war striding into the wind. Get into line--the first, alas, of many at Expo--for two informative and blissfully short movies about the host ; country. Next comes a never failing crowd pleaser, a 3-D extravaganza that among other things, sends a train roaring out into the audience. Then something...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Canada Puts on a Fair That's Fun | 5/26/1986 | See Source »

...October 1984, Kellogg's began shipping All-Bran in boxes whose labels cited National Cancer Institute advice that a diet high in fiber could reduce the risk of some types of cancer. It added that "bran cereals are one of the best sources of fiber...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FDA to Let Food Ads Claim Health Benefits | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...wording was worked out with the cancer institute and supported by the institute as an educational effort. It helped spark a continuing public interest in high-fiber food. But the suggestion that All-Bran might prevent cancer violated the FDA's ban on health claims...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FDA to Let Food Ads Claim Health Benefits | 5/12/1986 | See Source »

...confirm that a patient has endometriosis, doctors look for the telltale tissue by peering into the pelvic cavity with a fiber-optic instrument called a laparoscope. After diagnosis, a number of treatments can be prescribed. One is pregnancy--if it is still feasible; the nine-month interruption of menstruation can help shrink misplaced endometrial tissue. Taking birth- control pills may also help, but more effective is a drug called danazol, a synthetic male hormone that stops ovulation and causes endometrial tissue to shrivel. But it can also produce acne, facial-hair growth, weight gain and other side effects...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: The Career Woman's Disease? | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

...inspectors no longer have to waste time ripping apart a car to find contraband. They now wield high-tech instruments, including fiber-optic devices for examining the interiors of gas tanks and ultrasonic range finders to determine whether hollow panels really are empty. Last week the San Diego district began a policy of tougher inspections that had cars backed up for more than a mile...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Buried By a Tropical Snowstorm | 3/17/1986 | See Source »

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