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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Even if the government investors could will themselves into strict political neutrality, they would distort the market simply by their size: $675 billion is a lot of money. The traditional role of government in a free market is to act as arbiter to prevent monopolistic big guys from dominating the market and pushing around the little guys. But once government became a player, it would be the biggest guy on the block, bigger than Standard Oil, IBM and AT&T were in their biggest, baddest days. Why sue Microsoft? The Federal Government could simply...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Worst Idea of the Decade | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...just yet. There are lots of other reasons, backed by solid research, to eat plenty of fiber. Study after study shows that fiber lowers blood pressure and cholesterol level, as well as your chances of developing adult-onset diabetes. And even if it turns out that fiber doesn't prevent colon cancer, it does help maintain your intestinal health in other ways. Folks who eat lots of fruit and vegetables don't usually develop diverticulitis, an often painful inflammation of the intestinal wall...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still High on Fiber | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

What made anyone think fiber could prevent colon cancer in the first place? It all started 30 years ago, when a British medical missionary named Denis Burkitt suggested that the reason colon cancer is rare in Africa is that Africans consume much more fiber than North Americans and Europeans. Perhaps, later researchers argued, the extra fiber sweeps the bowel clean of potential carcinogens or somehow alters the intestinal chemistry to retard tumor growth. A few small studies supported the link, while others didn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Still High on Fiber | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

...Laden's interpretation of Islam is not shared by most Muslims, since Islam is a religion of peace. But the U.S. became involved in Bosnia very late, only after thousands of innocent Muslims had been killed, and it still has not acted to prevent the persecution of ethnic Albanians in Kosovo. SHOAIB AZIZ Karachi...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Feb. 1, 1999 | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

FIBER Study suggests it does little to prevent colon cancer. And the box it comes in tastes better...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: Feb. 1, 1999 | 2/1/1999 | See Source »

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