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...Johnson says that when she was discharged from the hospital, the baby she took home was weighed at 7 lbs., 12 oz. But just after birth her child had weighed 9 lbs., 6 oz. Babies often shed a few ounces in the hours after birth, but not 17% of their body weight. Hospital chief of staff Dr. Thomas Massaro admits the hospital can't explain why the large discrepancy went unnoticed. "We don't understand that," he says, though he is virtually positive there was no accidental switch in this case. "We have very good documentation that the band...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where Do They Belong? | 8/17/1998 | See Source »

...Wonderful Wizard of Oz, L. FrankBaum

Author: By Alan E. Wirzbicki, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Class Ranks Top 100 Novels of 20th Century | 7/24/1998 | See Source »

...Granthams say they can't divulge what products they're testing now. They do admit they helped McDonald's with its Big Xtra burger campaign (the Whopperlike 4.5-oz. lettuce-and-tomato burger debuted in Des Moines in January and is being tested in 10% of the chain's U.S. restaurants), and they had a role in Pepsi's decision to change the color scheme on its cans...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Greetings From America's Secret Capitals | 7/13/1998 | See Source »

...Godfather, Part 2 (1974). C'mon -- the fishing boat scene? The abortion speech? Admit it -- this is a better film than Part 1, even without Sonny. 5: Gone With the Wind (1939). How can you not like a film that features the burning of Atlanta? 4: The Wizard of Oz (1939). To understand how great this movie is, remember this: Generations of us faithfully watched it on TV once a year, and loved it every time. 3: Badlands (1973). Highly underappreciated -- it's shocking this didn't even make the AFI's list. 2: Citizen Kane (1941). Saying this...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gathering of Potatoes | 6/19/1998 | See Source »

...which is most easily acquired through exposure to half an hour of sunlight a day, diminishes the ability of bones to absorb calcium, a main building block. Moore would recommend an increase in the daily intake of calcium to about 1,500 mg, the equivalent of five 8-oz. glasses of milk. If calcium needs cannot be met through diet only, supplementation with calcium citrate or carbonate should be considered...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How A Woman's Exam Would Differ | 6/15/1998 | See Source »

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