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Eating right and getting plenty of exercise can decrease your need for medication or even eliminate it. In 1997 a study called Dietary Approaches to Stopping Hypertension showed for the first time that a diet rich in fruits and vegetables, includes low-fat dairy products and keeps the lid on saturated fat can lower blood pressure dramatically. It might take you a while to get used to eating the required eight to 10 servings of fruits and vegetables a day, which is twice what most Americans consume, but your efforts are likely to be rewarded. Among members of the multiethnic...
...previously unknown and unpublished Joanne Rowling, 33, who lives in Edinburgh with her five-year-old daughter, is a bit stunned at her snowballing success. "I do feel sometimes as though someone has taken the lid off my stone," she confesses. "I feel very exposed." Shunning a press tour for the new release, she is busy working on the fourth of what will be seven books--one for each year Harry attends Hogwarts, his wizard school...
...Indeed, the tech industry's supporters argue that a crackdown would drive China to European or Japanese suppliers, which could put more information in the hands of the Chinese military. "No country is as strict about technology transfers as the U.S.," says Hughes' Dore. "The way to keep the lid on is to keep them dealing with American businesses...
...Kosovo Liberation Army is fighting defensive battles, trying to conserve its resources. And in the middle of all this, NATO now says that up to 700,000 refugees are wandering homeless, brutalized by Serbian forces and desperately seeking a way out. Slobodan Milosevic has tried to put a lid on the province--limiting media access and stemming the outflow of refugees--but tales of horror continue to escape. And with K.L.A. troops busily rearming and Serbian forces mining, entrenching and leveling the province, much more violence probably lies ahead before Kosovo has its first hint of peace...
...support for the unemployed is expected to rise 39.8% and 34.8%, to $1 billion and $5 billion, respectively. But it is not clear how long the government can contain the resentment of those who don't have the skills to "shift gears." South Korea's cantankerous unions kept a lid on protests last year, fearful of a backlash from the public. But in February they showed their patience was wearing thin when they walked out of a three-party committee--representing labor, government and companies--set up last year to navigate the crisis. The muscle flexing remains...