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Menopause is also a good time to get serious, if you haven't already, about adopting a healthy lifestyle. A diet that contains lots of fruits and vegetables and plenty of fiber becomes even more important at midlife. Regular exercise--aerobic and muscle building--is not only good for your heart and bones; it can also help your body deal with sudden temperature changes. "Those aren't necessarily the sexy answers that people want to hear," says Dr. Cynthia Stuenkel of the University of California, San Diego. But they are the kind of no-nonsense steps that anyone...
...What really fascinates me about khipu is the use of fiber as a medium for recording important data,” said Brezine, who is a mathematician by training and a weaver by avocation...
...temptation to light up is always there. Having a Bomb gives one bragging rights. Pakistan, for example, is intensely proud of its nuclear arsenal: displayed in every large city is a fiber-glass model of the Chagi Hills, where the 1998 tests took place. Every Pakistani remembers seeing TV films of the hills' shuddering at the jolt from underground, like a camel shaking off a layer of dust. Russia, which has pledged to update its nuclear arsenal, knows that its bombs are what maintain its pretensions to be a great power. Neither Britain nor France will give up its nuclear...
...groups, simply "brought to light what others obviously wanted to leave in the dark"--and has every intention of shining more lights on the phenomenon. It's not just labor that is complaining. Blackstone made such a big return--more than $3 billion--from its investment in German chemical fiber company Celanese, which it acquired and quickly took public again in the U.S., that it has drawn the ire of a New York City--based hedge fund, Paulson & Co., which alleges that the initial deal wasn't fairly valued. And some private-equity firms are starting to fret that...
...Fremantle, Perth's port city. Six American syndicates want the chance to confront the Australian defender in the finals at the end of the southern summer next February. So do two teams each from France and Italy, as well as entries from Britain, Canada and New Zealand, whose unique fiber-glass boat was doing well enough last week to draw a protest. This week four Australian boats, including another of Bond's, will begin competing for the honor of defending...