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...Reagan who emerges in Dutch is often of heroic dimension. But Morris is also acute and critical about the sometimes goofy, floating chimera who was President for eight years. Morris cites a former aide as saying that the President's attention span "would compare to that of a fruit fly." He tells the story of seeing President Reagan the morning after they had actually dined together at the Morris home: "Not only did he fail to mention our dinner, it was obvious from his smiling yet distant demeanor that he did not recall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Mixing Fact and Fiction | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...possible Lieserls, including a melodramatic Berlin actress who claimed in the 1930s to be Einstein's daughter. Zackheim's final conclusions, however--based on little more than inferences from a cryptic 1903 letter from Einstein to Mileva ("I am very sorry about what has happened to Lieserl. Scarlet fever often leaves some lasting trace behind") and vague comments about idiocy in the family by an elderly Maric descendant in the Serbian town of Kac--remain conjectural at best...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Einstein's Lost Child | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...Americans live within 50 miles of an ocean. The insurance industry recognizes that we are woefully underinsured for flood damage. And the industry has its own list of reasons for why that's so. Banks usually don't require the coverage but probably should. The Federal Government often jumps in with emergency assistance, a disincentive for paying for coverage. And policyholders fail to read the fine print and mistakenly believe they're covered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Flood Fiasco | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...more thorough exam is required. (A positive stool test indicates cancer less than 10% of the time.) In a procedure called a colonoscopy, a gastroenterologist uses a light-tipped fiber-optic instrument to examine the entire length of the large intestine. Since you're sedated, the hardest part is often drinking the salty liquid needed to evacuate your bowels the night before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Colon Checkup | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

...solid vegetables, a full cup for raw lettuce, or a medium-size banana, apple or orange). Do something physical--walk, dance, garden--at least three hours a week. Taking aspirin or estrogen may help, but check with your doctor first to find out if it's right for you. Often it's the little things we do for ourselves that make all the difference...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Colon Checkup | 10/4/1999 | See Source »

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