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...Abbas has also invited suspicion. As a student at the Institute of Oriental Studies in Moscow, he turned in a dissertation, published as a book in Jordan in 1984, that accused the postwar Zionist movement of inflating the number of Jewish Holocaust victims for political gain. While many Israelis say the book amounts to a denial of the Holocaust, Abbas' defenders point to the passage in which Abbas calls the Holocaust a "crime that the civilized world ... and humanity cannot accept...
...according to a study of 20 self-identified couch potatoes conducted by researchers at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. For 10 days scientists measured their subjects' every movement, using sensors embedded in specially designed underwear. The 10 lean participants were more active even after they were required to gain weight. Sorry, Mom, fidgeting is good...
...that leave rival Unilever? The Anglo-Dutch titan last week announced a 36% slide in pretax profits for 2004. "They need to re-establish a little bit of momentum" before trimming fat, says Andrew Wood of U.S. investment-research firm Sanford C. Bernstein. But don't expect major weight gain. Unilever first needs "to sort its own problems out," he says. Either way, their bankers' coffers will likely swell. - By Adam Smith...
...repeated his demand last week for bilateral negotiations with Washington, a prospect the Administration rejects out of hand. The U.S. still hopes to confront the North Koreans in a multilateral setting, and the linchpin of that strategy is China. Bush has long believed that Beijing has the most to gain and lose on the Korean peninsula and would quietly pressure Pyongyang to give up its nuclear ambitions. Since the fall of the Soviet Union, Beijing has been North Korea's closest ally, funneling oil and food. China would have to absorb many refugees if Kim's regime failed...
Worries about fat thighs, too many helpings of FroYo topped with generic sugary cereal and the wish that the dreaded ‘freshman fifteen’ phenomenon were accurate (that College weight gain stops after the first year, and after fifteen pounds)—these are all concerns we might be tempted to associate with female undergrads. Yet, while the female population is brimming with disturbed weight and body image concerns, these problems are spilling over the gender barrier; the incidence of eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder—a pathology characterized by preoccupations with an imagined...