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...sure, it was never a perfect measure of developed abilities, which by their nature are more difficult to appraise than, say, how many plant names you memorized in botany. But what happens when you move away from trying to assess aptitude? Consider the reading section of the New SAT. In May, the College Board's Reading Development Committee decided that SAT item writers should feel free to use literary terminology in their questions for the reading section. Words that one would typically use only in a literature class--simile, personification--had always been avoided on the SAT, on the theory...
...West Arena in Phoenix, Ariz., among others. So why is Toyota, a Japanese company with U.S. offices in Torrance, Calif., the nameplate for the new Toyota Center arena in Houston? For one 7-ft. 5-in. reason: Yao Ming, the Houston Rockets star from Shanghai. Toyota opened a new plant in Tianjin, China, and hopes millions of Yao fans will soon be Corolla fans...
...enemies of civilization openly and actively seek the world’s most destructive technologies, the United States cannot remain idle while dangers gather.” Saddam Hussein was unquestionably seeking nuclear capabilities. Even as long ago as June 1981, Israeli aircraft bombed a (French-built) plutonium plant at Tuwaitah—an action that proved to be only a temporary setback to Saddam’s nuclear program...
...trick is not to force yourself to eat stuff you hate but rather to find ways to turn the plant kingdom into dishes you enjoy. Don't want to face a plate of okra or Brussels sprouts? You don't have to. Aim for variety, and put your energy into getting--on a daily basis--as many different vegetables as you can into salads, soups, stews, sides, salsas and pasta sauces. Fresh is best, but frozen is fine and even canned will often do (though mind the added sodium...
ISOFLAVONES Plant estrogens--soy foods are a particularly rich source--seem to have some of the same effects as estrogen. Benefits may include...