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...member company learned of a potential order from an outside country-Japan, say, or Spain-it had to inform the secretariat. The cartel would then select a member to bid at a price it had set; to preserve appearances, another member would be chosen to bid at a higher price sure to be rejected. The cartel also imposed penalties on members. On one occasion, it ordered Gulfs Canadian subsidiary to buy 300 tons of uranium from an Australian company, as a penalty for attempting to step into a deal that the cartel had earlier approved for the Australian firm...
...Says Tom Webber, executive director of Planned Parenthood of Minnesota: "They say the rosary here. They chant it in a circle on our front sidewalk. A nun even splashed our building with holy water. My life has been threatened a number of times, all in the name of a higher morality...
...five years ago, homosexuality was rarely discussed and almost nobody willingly admitted to it. Today, in the era of gay rights marches, the Yankelovich survey asked whether sex between consenting homosexuals is morally wrong. Forty-seven percent said yes, but 43% said no and 10% were not sure, a higher rate of uncertainty than on any other subject...
...least in part, toward raising the supply of these "good" cholesterol-disposing HDLs in the bloodstream, as opposed to the "bad" cholesterol-depositing LDLs. Some tactics for doing that are already available. At Stanford University, researchers have discovered that middle-aged male runners have HDL levels nearly 50% higher than their peers; their levels might be mistaken for those of young women, who are naturally endowed with more HDL and seldom have heart attacks. Other studies have shown that shedding flab and following a diet rich in vegetables and vegetable oils, but low in red meat and dairy products-along...
...others, affirming a direct commitment to the One and Only Being, admitting Him as the sole dispenser of one's fate. Coming to pay tribute to the Creator, the pilgrim is no longer a subject of any state, system or regime, rather he transcends these restrictive impositions to a higher and more universal rank. On this level all are equal in their subjugation and God rules supreme...