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...city-state of Singapore is an impeccably well-ordered place. Bubble gum, for instance, has been banned for 10 years because it is too messy. One year ago, Islamic terrorists hatched a plot to wreck the island's placidity. They planned to bomb the U.S., Australian and Israeli embassies, Singapore government buildings, and locales where sailors from the U.S. Navy's Seventh Fleet congregated. Singapore is well policed, however, and the plot was discovered; 13 people were arrested. But although the bombers were foiled, law-enforcement agencies around the world, still digesting the attacks of Sept. 11, recognized that...
...What he's not likely to tell you is that despite cholesterol's well-earned reputation as the heart's primary nemesis, half of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels. That's because though scientists have identified some 250 other risk factors, from obesity to gum disease, they have never found a better indicator of the health of one's cardiovascular system than the levels of good and bad cholesterol in the blood...
Singapore is called the "Nanny State" for many reasons, but high on the list is its ban on chewing gum. You won't see pious anti-mastication public service announcements, but anyone caught selling or manufacturing so much as a stick faces a fine of up to $5,600 and one year in jail. But last-second negotiations on a U.S.-Singapore Free Trade agreement could bring bubbles back. In a compromise, sugarless gum prescribed by doctors and dentists will be legal for sale by pharmacists?although to get your fix, you'll have to wait until the free trade...
...single-hulled tankers in European waters. Efforts to clean up the benighted coast have been hindered by poor weather. The work has rapidly become an onshore mop-up exercise rather than an offshore recovery, partly due to the nature of the oil. With a consistency like that of chewing gum, the oil is stubborn and impervious to dispersants - the first choice in dealing with spills - which break the oil up into small droplets that are further dispersed by the waves. Lacking sufficient floating barriers, local fishermen have been using their own boats and nets - and even telephone poles as booms...
Clower spent the half-hour before the match chewing Trident gum and spitting into the bushes in an attempt to lose six pounds of water weight and move down a weight class. He failed, and so had to lift a 32-kilogram (about 70 pounds) kettlebells while Mondragon competed with a kettlebell 8 kilograms (about 17 pounds) lighter...