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...either Supreme Leader Ayatullah Ali Khamenei or the commander of the Revolutionary Guards, Mohammad Ali Jafari, or both - probably realize the proceedings will convince few supporters of the opposition or the average Tehrani. But the confessions may galvanize the still substantial bloc of conservative voters, many of whom are older and rely on state media for news...
Becky Cohn has worried about her daughter's weight since she was a toddler. Molly would eat "anything and everything," her mother says. "She would eat salads, but she would want three salads. She would eat broccoli but want seconds." The child was completely unlike her older siblings that way - and once she hit school age, Mom felt powerless to control the problem. "She'd go to school and eat her lunch and everyone else's," Cohn says. "I went to the pediatrician and said, 'I feel like I'm watching my daughter drown.'" Molly was nevertheless physically active...
...Diets hadn't worked, and she wanted Molly - soon to enter the fifth grade - to be able to make good decisions on her own. In June, mother and daughter left their home in Birmingham, Ala., and traveled to Camp Shane, a weight-loss camp for kids age 7 and older in New York's Catskill Mountains. There, in an idyllic rural setting, kids like Molly try out new sports and activities and learn about calories, how to read food labels and, of course, the importance of eating three balanced, portion-controlled meals a day. Cohn came along as staff...
Marlon Brando's in the back seat of a taxi with Rod Steiger. One man is a dockworker and former prize fighter, the other his older brother Charley. "Remember that night in the Garden?" Brando says. "You came down to my dressing room and you said, 'Kid, this ain't your night. We're going for the price on Wilson.' You remember that? 'This ain't your night'! My night!? I coulda taken Wilson apart! So what happens? He gets the title shot outdoors on the ballpark and what do I get? A one-way ticket to Palookaville...
...Insurers have agreed to discontinue practices like turning down customers in the individual and small-group market who have expensive pre-existing conditions and basing premium rates on health status and gender. But one variable that will persist is age, since older enrollees represent more health risks than younger enrollees, and insurers are doing their best to retain the most flexibility in that area. Current reform legislation in the House and the Senate Health, Education Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee would allow insurers to vary premiums on the basis of age only by a factor of two, meaning insurers would...