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...tough-to-fudge yardstick--the much dreaded but ultimately very helpful concept of the calorie. Stop, don't turn the page just yet. We're not going to get tediously obsessive about this. But whether you, like most Americans, need to lose weight or you just want to maintain the figure you already have, you've got to know a little something about calories...
...feel for it. Many nutritionists recommend eating healthy frozen dinners, whose calorie counts are printed on the package, as a good way to make the transition to smaller portion sizes. How many calories you should eat in a day depends on whether you want to lose or maintain weight. The American Heart Association's rule of thumb is to multiply your weight in pounds by 13 (15 if you're active). If you want to lose weight, subtract 250 calories...
...cross-strait stance. "Beijing may be showing self-restraint in public," says a high-ranking government aide in Taipei, "but in private they seem to be trying to give us hell." Indeed, China is steadily chipping away at Taiwan's sovereignty by stripping the island of nations that still maintain diplomatic relations with Taipei. Just last week, little Liberia switched allegiance to Beijing, possibly because China used its position on the U.N. Security Council to sweeten aid for the war-torn African country...
...prompted by complaints over industry privatization) have become common. And the "Bolivarian Revolution" of left-wing Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has brought double-digit economic contraction to that country. As a result, Mesa's support in Bolivia will be fragile at best - especially since he pledged to maintain economic-austerity policies. "Goni was completely linked to foreign interests and foreign capital against Bolivia's interests," said Jaime Solares, head of the Bolivian Workers Central. "All of his measures must be wiped out!" Foreign investors can only hope that the rest of Latin America doesn't begin to sound...
...authorities are opposed. Better Than No UNITED NATIONS The U.N. Security Council unanimously adopted a resolution on Iraq establishing a U.N.-mandated multinational force under U.S. command and expanded the U.N.'s political role. Although the resolution was largely symbolic - many ambassadors said they voted for it only to maintain Council unity - U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said he was now more optimistic about pledges at this week's donor conference in Madrid. But France, Germany and Russia said they'd give no more. MEANWHILE IN FIJI ... Belated Apology Hoping to lift a suspected curse, inhabitants of the remote...