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...first recruited a group of 23 male and female volunteers - none of whom were obese and all of whom were in good general health - and instructed them to fast for 17 hours. During that period, he and his team interviewed them about their favorite foods and asked them to rank each on a 1-to-10 scale. The researchers then selected one food for each subject, the only requirement being that it scored 7 or above in desirability. When the 17 hours were up, the volunteers were injected with a nuclear tracer, placed in a brain-imaging PET scanner...
...Served nearly seven years as an Air Force fighter pilot, attaining the rank of captain...
...Harry became second lieutenant of the Blues and Royals of the Household Calvary Regiment. He is referred to by rank as Cornet Wales...
...means that quite literally, as Lin is the only player in the nation to rank in the top ten in his conference in scoring, rebounding, assists, steals, blocks, field goal shooting, free throw shooting, and three-point shooting percentage...
...compare the U.S. with Canada, Western Europe and Japan, the news is sobering. Our child-poverty and infant-mortality rates are the highest, our life expectancy is the lowest, our budget deficit as a share of gross domestic product (GDP) is the highest, and our 15-year-olds rank among the lowest on tests of math and science...