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...government figures on the level of fat, fiber, vitamins and other nutrients in food are essentially unreliable, says a report from the General Accounting Office. The nutritional information, contained in the government's Handbook 8, is used around the world to determine public policy, perform medical research and plan individual diets. The gao found that the data, many of which come from the food industry, often do not square with numbers from other sources...
...much education as possible. Never mind the tales of college graduates working as bellboys -- even though such stories are true. On no opinion are the experts so unanimous as that the future belongs to the knowledge worker, master of his PC, fiber-optics whatsit, E-mail gizmo and whatever takes its place. One of the best windows into the future is supplied by an Austin, Texas, company with the rather dull name of Applied Materials Inc. Its founders set out quite deliberately to build a manufacturing facility for the 21st century, and since 1991 they have become the world...
Mather: 13 delicious varieties are available here, mostly strong, fiber-filled types such as Wheaties, Cheerios, Corn Flakes. According to the dining hall staff, Mather's predominantly athletic residents enjoy these cereals the most, though a recently acquired box of Honey Smacks constantly needs replenishing...
...emissions of greenhouse gases. The Climate Change Action Plan is designed to reduce the gas levels to match 1990 measurements by the year 2000, but participation is largely voluntary, which disappointed environmentalists. In another move, Clinton ordered federal agencies to buy paper made from at least 20% recycled fiber...
...voluntary program to curb greenhouse gases, they were delighted with his decree that the ravenous paper-consuming bureaucracies of the U.S. government would start using recycled paper. By the end of 1994, federal agencies and the military are supposed to purchase only paper containing at least 20% recycled fiber, rising...