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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cancers, packs a wallop of vitamin C and even boasts fluoride for the teeth. A Harvard study this year found that a cup of black tea a day cuts the risk of heart attacks by 44%. What's more, caffeine freaks, jangly from coffee's finger-in-the-socket jolt and drop, are coming to appreciate the smoother caffeine boost of black...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tea Time Once Again | 12/20/1999 | See Source »

...also be helpful. Super-sour lemon candies pucker cheeks and make eyes round. Powdered seeds of rare, blistering Thai peppers can easily be concealed as a light red dust on the end of a pencil. An innocent chewing of the eraser will give the tongue a burning wake-up jolt that should last a good 15 minutes...

Author: By N.o. Yuen, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: Lemon Sours and Tight Jeans: Techniques for Staying Awake in Lecture | 12/2/1999 | See Source »

COUCH POTATOES ARISE...SLOWLY Thought you'd never hear something bad about exercise? Try this. Sedentary folks who suddenly take up vigorous activity, like jogging or heavy lifting, have an astounding 30-fold increased risk of suffering a heart attack within the first hour. The jolt of exertion, though well intended, can cause plaque to rupture and trigger a heart attack. The best advice: if you can't tell a treadmill from a pepper mill, spend at least a few weeks gradually building up your stamina...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Your Health: Nov. 22, 1999 | 11/22/1999 | See Source »

...questions is the one who's truly gifted and talented." And while grades below C seldom make children or their parents proud, they can serve as a call to action. Says Dillon: "With encouragement from teachers and parents, falling a few times is not harmful and can be the jolt that awakens greater interest and responsibility...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Families: First-Term Report | 11/15/1999 | See Source »

...other cheesy, feel good movies like Air Force One, predictability and corny catch lines pervade the film. Mystery, Alaska has enough quirkiness to avoid the deadly trap; scenes turn the audience upside-down with laughter, jolt them with unexpected sadness, and energize them with pride, enthusiasm and even team spirit. This Florida native seriously considered moving to a small town near the Yukon Territory to take up ice hockey after seeing the movie...

Author: By Kelley E. Morrell, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Ice, Ice, Baby: Kelley Heads North | 10/8/1999 | See Source »

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