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...current drive for intellectual cleanliness. From the various reviews and meta-studies that I was able to access on PubMed, it seems that most Echinacea studies suffer great methodological deficiencies, and when only scientifically sound studies are considered (i.e. studies that control for the placebo effect), Echinacea produces a modest if not nonexistent effect...
...with a black-caped guide leading you down shadowy West End streets in search of ghosts of centuries past. "It was like taking a half-step back into the culture, and almost as good as living there," observes Jeff Marsee, 51, a California management consultant. Perhaps a modest step back, but it is a feast for the senses every stride...
...though. Stem-cell tissue replacement is half a decade off at least, and nobody knows what unexpected glitches might arise to make the whole idea impossible. Besides, the hazards of true obesity are enormous. But if the research pans out, it may someday be as prudent to carry a modest spare tire around your waist as it is to carry one in the trunk of your...
...sits in the kitchen of her modest home in Buffalo, N.Y., Ani DiFranco has Minneapolis, Minn., on her mind. In 1999 she was summoned to the Twin Cities by the Artist Who Is Now Called Prince but Who at That Point Was Going by That Weird Symbol. He wanted her to play guitar on a song he had just written, so he played her the tune (just once), told her simply, "It's in G," and began to record, expecting DiFranco to improvise something on the spot. Says DiFranco: "I thought I could either start crying...
...accounts, George W. Bush was a modest success at the Summit of the Americas, flying low to the ground at his debut international conference with more backslapping than speechifying and reenforcing among his hemispheric peers, if not the leadership role befitting the world's only superpower, then at least his own reputation for plain speech, open ears and good humor...