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...recently learned that your family has a large African-American wing. I was very emotionally touched to discover that. I went to speak at the installation of a historical marker at my great-grandfather's grave--he's buried near Sam Houston--and this guy walks up to me and says, "Sir, my name is James Baker." You've got to go a long way back--to great-great-grandfather--to have a common ancestor, but it was really interesting. These are really wonderful people. We went to a big reunion and had a wonderful time. And we're going...
...another firm's trash, next to a computer on a desk that were both once trash, and, with near palpable enthusiasm, draws supply-and-demand graphs on scraps of paper to show why he's so fond of building his business out of trash. "What is garbage?" he asks, marker in hand. "It's any commodity with a negative value, right? It's something you're willing...
...said in a phone interview, “while we suspected that the toxic effect of mental stress was not limited to the cardiovascular system, we were surprised by how robust and definitive the data was.” According to Kubzansky, decline in lung function is an early marker for many other prognoses, such as heart disease and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disorder. Harvard Professor of Medicine Scott T. Weiss, a co-author on the study, said that “the longitudinal character of the study is significant, because it allowed us to observe changing lung function over time...
...campaign rally after hearing at school about a former teacher who was running for governor. Richards talked about opening doors for all Texans and she did that as governor, appointing minorities and women in unprecedented numbers to executive positions throughout state government and, in the process, laying down a marker for her successors. Her personal popularity rating went as high as 60 percent though her job approval hovered around 45 as she tackled thorny issues such as school funding with a staff short on good ole boys. When she ran for re-election 1994, her national presence boosted her coffers...
...will eventually make you sick-ignores evidence that high BMI is associated with lower incidence of numerous diseases and syndromes, including some cancers, emphysema, anemia, bronchitis, osteoarthritis and hip fracture. It also skirts the evidence for fat, in many cases, being little more than a benign marker of an individual's genetic predisposition to carry it. According to GPs, there are many people who eat sensibly, exercise regularly and have excellent health readings-but have a BMI well over 25. "You can be thin," says The George Institute's Huxley, "and have a much worse cardiovascular profile than...