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...jogging or swimming for an hour or so three times a week. I eat fairly healthfully--a lot of fruit and vegetables. I have a loving family and a stimulating job. But I am at about the age when human bodies, no matter how well cared for, begin to lose the youthful vitality most of us at one time thought would be with us for the duration. Besides the obvious changes like hair loss and wrinkling, the lungs' capacity declines; joints start to wear out; bones, especially in postmenopausal women and older men, lose density and weaken; cholesterol levels begin...
...most hazardous jobs. Only 400 of the site's 2,500 minority employees have joined the Hightowers. "There are a lot of us who are afraid to step in," says an African-American worker who would identify himself only as a production operator. "We support them, but if they lose that suit, we think it's going to get a lot worse for us out there." Some plaintiffs say they have been chastised by workers who feel the lawsuit will "rock the boat" for other African Americans and anger the executives who run one of the state's most powerful...
Last week the White House was forced to spend more time shaping the strategy, because it was losing on the law. Starr has prevailed in his challenges to force presidential confidant Bruce Lindsey and adviser Sidney Blumenthal to testify, along with Secret Service agents, despite White House assertions of special privilege. And Starr asked the Supreme Court to skip the appeals process and hear arguments by the end of this month on the whole privilege question. He also went about gathering Monica Lewinsky's bookstore receipts, fingerprints and handwriting samples, amassing evidence for the day he finally confronts...
Soda lovers, before your next gulp, consider this: A preliminary report on men suggests that drinking 4 1/2 cans a day of fructose-filled pop may cause the body to lose calcium and phosphorus--two minerals essential for strong bones...
...hard to keep track of all the user names, passwords and other IDs required in the information age. But more Americans are discovering that it can be costly to lose control of these and other bits of personal data. Incidents of identity fraud are on the rise, with criminals stealing credit-card and Social Security numbers to rack up $750 million in charges in 1997, the General Accounting Office reported last week. The House and Senate are working on bills to stamp out the crime. In the meantime, check your credit report and disclose vital statistics only if absolutely necessary...