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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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...