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Aesthetic faults aside, Tsongas does put forth an interesting blend of ideas. A liberal on most social issues, he has made a call for economic competitiveness based on public-private partnerships the mainstay of his campaign...
SOYBEANS. A mainstay of Asian cuisines, soybeans can be boiled, canned or processed as bean curd (tofu). Last year researchers at the Bronx Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City found that lecithin, which is abundant in soybeans, may help prevent alcoholic cirrhosis of the liver. Isoflavones in the beans have been shown to prevent liver cancer in animals by breaking down toxic agents that can cause the malignancy. A strong word of warning about soy: it also contains protease inhibitors, which have been linked to the development of pancreatic cancer...
...self-deception is not total, though. Saddam knew enough to confine his recent forays to the Baathist heartland, the mainstay of his support. It will be a long time, disenchanted Iraqis in Baghdad note, before the President will try to rally followers in the southern cities so recently devastated by his army...
Drug Treatment: Hubbard's purification treatments are the mainstay of Narconon, a Scientology-run chain of 33 alcohol and drug rehabilitation centers - some in prisons under the name "Criminon" - in 12 countries. Narconon, a classic vehicle for drawing addicts into the cult, now plans to open what it calls the world's largest treatment center, a 1,400-bed facility on an Indian reservation near Newkirk, Okla. (pop. 2,400). At a 1989 ceremony in Newkirk, the Association for Better Living and Education presented Narconon a check for $200,000 and a study praising its work. The association turned...
ECAC first-team goalie Dave Gagnon (2.22 goals-against-average, .902 save percentage) inked a million-dollar multi-year pro contract. The mainstay's of Slater's top two offensive lines have graduated. But the Red Raiders are returning strong. They've already knocked off top-ranked B.U., 9-6, in Boston this year...