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...cholesterol levels and the highest rate of heart disease; the Americans, with a diet only slightly less rich, were a close second. But the Japanese, who eat a diet low in fat, had the lowest cholesterol levels and the least cardiovascular disease. Their rate of fatal heart attacks was one-fourth the American incidence. A later study showed that when Japanese emigrated to the U.S. and adopted a Western diet, their incidence of heart disease soared to ten times that of their countrymen in Japan...
Pepperidge Farm defends its product: "Anybody's croissant is made up of about one-fourth butter," says Product Standards Manager Carol Johnson. In general, industry officials claim that they offer Americans a broad selection of foods, including lowfat, low-cholesterol varieties for those who want them. Kraft, Inc., Spokesman David Roycroft points out that the dairy industry has taken pains to increase the number of products from which the butterfat has been removed. Kraft's Golden Image imitation cheeses and Light n' Lively yogurt and cottage cheese were, he says, "developed in response to a perceived demand...
...military uses the circuits in equipment ranging from walkie-talkies to battleships. Among tests for durability, the Government specifies that the chips must be heated to 257° F for at least 160 hours. But the resulting inquiry found that between 1978 and 1981, National Semiconductor devoted only about one-fourth that much time to the testing of as many as 26 million chips...
...Over the years, the institution has taken pride in providing a pure liberal arts education, shunning anything in the curriculum that might appear to be career preparation. That philosophy worked fine in 1960, when only 10 percent of the graduating class sought immediate employment, or even in 1970, when one-fourth did. But 57 percent of the Class of 1982 went straight into the job market after securing their diplomas. A Harvard A.B. is no longer one of many pauses on the long road toward the real world. It is the last stop...
...lasting cease-fire but because it could provide an opportunity to redeploy the Marines to safer ground. Two of America's partners in the Multi-National Force also were increasingly restive about being pinned down in Beirut. France announced that in late January it would transfer one-fourth of its 1,750-man garrison to rejoin the United Nations Force in southern Lebanon. Italy plans to cut its contingent from 2,200 to 1,100 in the near future. Britain alone has promised not to reduce its presence, but its troops number only...