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...Times Mirror study notes that the young audience has "buoyed the popularity of the new, lighter media forms," such as People magazine and TV's A Current Affair. The survey may give news executives a further excuse to soften and glitz up their products to try to woo the young. But that means walking a tricky tightrope: in trying to make the news more appetizing, they risk turning it into something other than the news...
...cream here is so rich, in fact, that you're best off combining flavors so as not to suffer an overdose of one or the other. The chocolate pudding ice cream, for instance, shouldn't be taken straight except by serious chocoholics. Try complementing it with something a bit lighter, like malted vanilla or espresso...
...looking for something a little lighter than ice cream's caloric richness, try one of the Square's many frozen yogurt shops. In the last few years, three stores exclusively devoted to fro-yo have sprung up in the square, and many of the ice cream shops also offer "gourmet" frozen yogurt...
...Garage is the Square's newest frozen yogurt store. Although the shop is only one outlet in the TCBY empire, its convenient location and lower prices are fast making it a favorite among local yogurt seekers. TCBY's flavor selection is often uninspiring, but its yogurt is lighter than Licks' or Temptations,' and students often find themselves forgoing the latter's gourmet flavors for TCBY's simplicity...
FRAMES. Whether carrying Greg LeMond in a Tour de France alpine climb or a suburban parent with a child in tow, bicycle frames undergo incredible stress, especially where the hollow tubular pieces are joined. For decades, engineers struggled to strengthen frames while making them lighter. That task seemed impossible until manufacturers turned to materials used for jet fighters and missiles. Frames constructed of aluminum, titanium, carbon fiber and various metal combinations have proved to be stronger, stiffer, more shock absorbent and lighter than steel ones. The popular Kestrel frames from Cycle Composites, based in Watsonville, Calif., are made of molded...