Word: insistences
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Until recently, conventional wisdom typically classified a mixed-race child as being of the same race as the minority parent. But that rule is being challenged as more interracial couples insist that their children be allowed to claim all sides of their heritage--an approach that experts think makes for a more settled, secure child...
...increase cholesterol in the bloodstream that much.? The bigger contributors are foods with saturated fats and trans-fatty acids. And so the problem does not turn out to be eggs so much as ?how eggs are consumed in the U.S. -- as in eggs with bacon,? says Gorman. If people insist on eating their eggs with meats, whole milk or doughnuts, they will be heading for trouble. And the latest study does include one major caveat for egg lovers: Stay away from them if you are diabetic. For those with diabetes, eating eggs increases the risk of heart disease...
Contingency planners and intelligence officials in Washington insist they warned their political bosses all along that Milosevic would "cleanse" Kosovo. "We are not surprised," Secretary of Defense William Cohen reiterated on Thursday. He and others say it was the very knowledge that Milosevic was marshaling his forces for just such an onslaught that helped precipitate NATO's decision to start bombing March 24. "By the time our first planes took off," said NATO spokesman Jamie Shea, "thousands of ethnic Albanians were already fleeing toward the borders...
When I read Bill Gates' rule no. 1, "Insist that communication flow through e-mail," I thought, What a great way to run a company, and the proof is Microsoft! Yet the U.S. government ruthlessly pursues defendants in antitrust cases. Perhaps it is time for Americans to start investigating some of the economic failures in their country rather than the successes. JIM WIGLE Barrie, Ontario...
...eagerly picked up your magazine this week to get some insight regarding succeeding in the digital age from the greatest digital visionary of the 20th century. Imagine my disappointment when I read the trite suggestions that Gates came up with. Insist on e-mail? Study sales data online? My four-year-old nephew could have come up with such gems while watching Barney on the boob tube. Who is Gates' target audience for these pearls of wisdom? SANJAY THOMAS Ottawa...