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Shales mentions as an example of this attitude an item which appeared in the Washington Post last month and that described Koppel's new indoor pool Complete with the "Nightline" logo in fiber-optic lights, the item said, the black pool was visible from most ground floor rooms...
While Koppel says "you have to ignore stories like that," he nonetheless takes a moment to explain. "There is no 'Nightline' logo on my pool," he says. "There is a white tile outline of a city scope and some fiber optics that give it a starlight effect. It was the contractor's idea and was meant as a whimsical touch for the family...
...that his cholesterol levels were dangerously high; by April he required a quadruple coronary bypass operation. He emerged from the hospital determined to revise his ways radically. Today he does not smoke, he exercises four or five days a week, and he sticks scrupulously to a diet high in fiber and low in cholesterol and fat. "I haven't had a slice of bacon in three years," he says. He is proud and relieved that his cholesterol level is normal. "Maybe heart disease is God's way of telling us we're living too damn high...
...amount of fiber in the diet also seems to influence cholesterol levels. "LDL cholesterol can be reduced 20% in people with high levels just by consuming a cup of oat bran a day," says Dr. Jon Story of Purdue University. However, Story adds, "that does not mean you can go and eat whatever else you want...
...answer is simple. As a rallying cry, public morality has no sex appeal; civil rights has. Use words like moral fiber and people think of Jerry Falwell. Use words like rights and they think of Thomas Jefferson. Use civil rights and they think of Martin Luther King Jr. Because civil rights is justly considered among the most sacred of political values, appropriating it for partisan advantage can be very useful. (The fiercest battle in the fight over affirmative action, for example, is over which side has rightful claim to the mantle of civil rights.) Convince people that censorship is really...