Word: lifshitz
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...right. Polo Ralph Lauren remains perhaps the strongest combination of business and brand in all fashiondom. Lauren, born Ralph Lifshitz in the Bronx, conceived a vision of Waspy splendor and preppie elegance and then had the all-American gumption to go out and live that dream and project it in sepia tones around the world. He once sold his wares store to store in a bomber jacket and jeans, and leveraged a line of wide neckties into a wider life-style empire with annual revenues of $1.47 billion and profits of $120 million. Until this year, Polo/RL sported growth rates...
...After recording what else the children ate, researchers realized that the fruit beverages accounted for 25% to 60% of the daily consumption of calories. "What would happen to adults who were taking a third of all their calories in the form of apple juice?" asks Dr. Fima Lifshitz, head of pediatrics at Maimonides and co-author of the study. "When you give children one single source of calories, like juice, you're not giving them the minerals and nutrients for normal growth." Shortly after the parents started giving their children less juice and more milk, the infants began gaining weight...
...last thing researchers want their finding to do is provoke a backlash against fruit juices. Certainly, older children can still indulge their habit. All that is required is common sense. "Do everything in moderation," Lifshitz advises. "Even the most healthful, prudent act, done in excess, can be harmful...