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GOING WITH THE GRAIN Does a high-fiber diet protect against colon cancer or not? Scientists have been going back and forth on the question for some time. The two most recent studies, published in the British journal Lancet, may not have the last word on the subject, but at least they are in agreement: both suggest that a high-fiber diet lowers the risk substantially. Study subjects who ate about 35 g of dietary fiber a day (from whole grains, cereals and fruits) had a lower risk--27% to 40% lower--of developing colon cancer than those eating...
...panel’s decision to reject needed limits on political spending goes against judicial precedent and common sense. The First Amendment was drafted to protect the right of the powerless to say things that the powerful didn’t want to hear. It would be a cruel irony if the amendment were now used to protect the power of the wealthy against the vast majority of Americans who can’t afford to “speak” through seven-figure checks...
...much of the country, the anarchy and looting also called forth its opposite - the remarkable solidarity and volunteer spirit among ordinary Iraqis eager to restore security and normalcy. Civilian volunteers direct traffic in a city with no traffic lights or rules. They protect their neighborhoods from looters and thieves, and have even used files found in the former security facilities to establish a database of Saddam's victims...
...brief tenure in the public arena by not truthfully or forthrightly addressing the budget crisis,” they wrote. “Rather than being straight with the public he has backhandedly raised fees, forcing localities to raise taxes, and cut the essential services he pledged to protect, while publicly stating he will not be cutting services or raising taxes...
...Grabauskas told The Globe on Saturday that he was “astounded” that the University had ever made an offer to protect the railyards, especially after Harvard officials had recently told him that they had “no interest in reducing the value of the property” or limiting the University’s “flexibility” by promising to protect the yard...