Word: rawe
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Serbian government of Slobodan Milosevic in Belgrade -- of large swaths of Bosnian territory to expel Muslims and Croats so that Serbs may move in. Croats under the harshly nationalist leadership of President Franjo Tudjman have joined in to grab their share of territory, and Bosnian Muslims, fighting at the raw level of their rivals, are likewise guilty of barbarism -- and of inflating horror stories about the Serbs to win sympathy and support. But the Serb militiamen appear to be the worst offenders. "It is in the Serbian interest to terrorize civilians," says Andreas Khol, an Austrian politician ) who frequently visits...
...spared future harassment. And getting out means losing the protection of your gang while retaining all your old enemies, who don't stop to ask questions. Those who do manage to escape their gang while remaining in the neighborhood are often sucked back in by a confluence of raw fear and sheer necessity. "The pressure is just too damn strong," concedes Commander Robert Dart, who heads the Chicago police department's gang unit. "You can't be an island out there...
Just as important is the raw material the body uses to produce the energy. Only a generation ago, when protein was the breakfast of champions, athletes were chowing down on steak and eggs. Now every morsel is evaluated. At the U.S. training center's cafeteria, each food item is labeled with its carbohydrate, protein and fat content. Large amounts of carbohydrates, as much as 60% to 70% of daily calories, are the mainstay of athletes' diets, because a storehouse of such foods helps maintain stamina. Nutritionists advise players to limit fat intake to 30% of calories, protein to about...
...Raw oysters often carry the hepatitis A virus, which causes a truly unpleasant (though not necessarily fatal) liver disease. Now comes a vaccination of sorts, and one that many people will find easier to swallow than the oysters. According to a report in the journal Epidemiology, chasing oysters with a glass of wine or a cocktail can reduce the risk by a whopping 90% no matter how many oysters are downed. It's the first time anyone has shown alcohol can prevent viral illness...
Even so, maybe while the cookies were cooling, Tipper has managed to get out of the house. In 1985 she set out on a campaign against sex, drugs and violence in rock lyrics that cowed the record industry into putting parental- advisory stickers on the most raw-edged albums. Two years later, she published Raising PG Kids in an X-Rated Society, a how-to manual for parents who want to fight poptrash. When her husband launched his unsuccessful 1988 White House bid, there was speculation that Tipper's crusade would cost him the support of MTVoters. Four years later...