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Americans still seem to love one thing about the French, which is why the diet book French Women Don't Get Fat became a best seller. But when the book is released in France this fall, the reaction is likely to be more skeptical. Experts there are increasingly concerned about France's weight problem. A recent book by politician Jean-Marie Le Guen, Obesity: A New French Illness, notes that women in France, like women everywhere else, do get fat because they have less time to shop for fresh produce and are wolfing down more processed foods. Over the past...
...made tremendous progress in dealing with these situations. A new strategy has been implemented, and it worked to perfection today. It's called 'Run for Your Lives!'" --JON STEWART, on the reaction to a stray aircraft last week in Washington...
...what may be a reaction to the off-color antics of last year’s Class Day speaker, the administration also encouraged the class marshals to select a speaker who was not a comedian and who would appeal to parents and family members of graduates as well, said Second Class Marshal Sheria D. Smith...
...constitutional change to lengthen the term of the secretary and treasurer from a semester to a full year was met favorably. UC Secretary Matthew R. Greenfield ’08 said that the UC’s reaction was “positive,” but the outcome will not be known until next week when the vote closes...
...outsourcing firms - which include IBM - have captured only about €1.2 billion, half last year's market share, according to sourcing advisors TPI. If that number keeps shrinking, there might be a few more IBM employees feeling the Big Blues. - By Michael Brunton Waiting For A Reaction The International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor (ITER) won't begin producing energy before 2050, but it's already generating hot air. Last week, Japan considered filing a formal protest after French officials - including President Jacques Chirac - indicated that the French site at Cadarache, 65 km north of Marseilles, had all but bagged...