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...should and shouldn't eat. Willett, unlike the usda, does not lump most carbohydrates at the pyramid's base or all fats at the pyramid's eat-sparingly pinnacle. In fact, Willett places good fats--those from vegetables and fish--at the base and good carbohydrates--from whole-grain versions of bread and pasta--side by side at the base. Carbohydrates with a high glycemic load join saturated fats...
...much to the thoughtless policies of communist China's original Chairman, who was born in a Hunan village only a few hundred kilometers from Orange Island. Convinced that Chinese peasants could stuff their granaries if they would only grow more and more rice, Mao ordered peasant communes to "plant grain everywhere." In the 1950s, work brigades flew banners reading "Turn Waste Land to Great Land" as they drained the lakes along the Yangtze and its tributaries and seeded them with crops. Families settled on flood plains. The enormous Dongting Lake, once a valuable catch basin during years the Yangtze swelled...
...field with Milbrett and it's clear that she has that gift. At one moment she makes a completely unexpected turn away from teammates, away from help ("Tiff, I'm open!"). Yet with everyone heading in the direction where the ball ought to be played, her against-the-grain turn tilts the whole game to her advantage. Later, when she seems trapped in a corner, she flicks the ball through the legs of her opposing teammate and is suddenly free, a move that brings gasps of admiration from other players...
...sell just groceries. It offers something more ethereal: a feeling of healthy chic that pervades its stores and products and rubs off on customers. Even if you're buying fat-marbled T-bones and Camembert cheese, you're surrounded by colorful fruits and vegetables and preservative-free whole-grain breads, all lovingly displayed and lighted in a store designed to make you feel good. Says CEO John Mackey: "We've tied together the concepts of food as pleasure and food as healthy...
...Malawi, Zimbabwe and Zambia, where rains fell at the wrong time and floods washed away crops. Internal strife has not helped. Angola is emerging from decades of civil war. Land seizures have disrupted the commercial farms that once made Zimbabwe Africa's breadbasket. And Malawi sold off its grain reserves last year. See Also: A Journey Through Angola U.S. Funding Cut The U.S. government said it would not make an expected $34 million contribution to the U.N. Population Fund, contending that the fund aids Chinese government agencies that force women to get abortions. The move was seen as a blow...