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...only thing taking multivitamins does is give them expensive urine. After all, true vitamin deficiencies, such as scurvy and pellagra, are practically unheard of in industrialized countries. Now it seems those doctors may have been wrong. The results of a growing number of studies suggest that even a modest vitamin shortfall can be harmful to your health. Although proof of the benefits of multivitamins is still far from certain, the few dollars you spend on them is probably a good investment...
...They surrendered points the way Florida did Gore votes. MVP Ray Lewis led a ferocious defense that stuffed the New York Giants in a Super Bowl rout, 34-7. That's the same kind of generosity the stingy Ravens showed the rest of league during the season. With their modest offense, they needed to keep other teams off the board, and they did, holding opponents to a record-low 165 points...
...Nita's carinderia is a modest little place on a side street in Angeles City, a dust-choked town two hours north of Manila. It's basically one long room, sparse and blue-walled, with an eating, drinking and tale swapping area up front and two pool tables in back. On an early November weekday, Reyes stands by a life-size cutout of himself hawking San Miguel beer. He bought this place from a friend, the real Caesar Morales, and gave it to Nita, his sister. He's older now, of course, a bit wider around the middle. In jeans...
...Wicket Ways An icon to fans in his native India, cricketer Sachin Tendulkar became the first batsman to reach 10,000 one-day runs. The only record the modest 28-year-old is in no danger of grabbing is the 99.94 Test average of Australia's Sir Donald Bradman, who died this year...
...prays for gifts and protections, one must naturally assume that God micromanages the universe for the advantage of particular believers. If, however, one sees prayer as what theologian Paul Tillich called "the great deep sigh," prayer becomes an act of unconscious adoration. Religion becomes more generous and modest. Even the Gospels were written "according to," which was a way of saying...