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...ubiquitous "Got Milk?" ads remind us that we need calcium for strong bones and teeth from the time we are toddlers through our senior years. But researchers are learning that diets rich in calcium also provide another benefit: they help ward off obesity. The latest findings, presented last week at a meeting of the American Society for Nutritional Sciences, come from a study of 321 girls, ages 9 to 14, conducted by Rachel Novotny and colleagues at the University of Hawaii. The girls who consumed more calcium weighed less and had less abdominal...
...Throughout the war, officers and soldiers referred to training events back at Fort Campbell or at the military's training centers to build mental images of the tasks ahead. Major Hart, the 1st Brigade Air Force Liaison, said, "I had to constantly remind myself that this was not another JRTC (Joint Readiness Training Center) rotation. Everything we encountered in JRTC we are encountering here. It is almost uncanny how everything we trained for is happening...
Director Brett Gamboa made a wise choice in playing Shakespeare straight. The barebones set and simple costumes did not ask the audience to imagine Shakespearean language in the Old West or on modern-day Verona Beach. Instead, Gamboa and his talented cast remind us what it’s easy to forget after years of high school English classes—and Literature and Arts cores—that Shakespeare and his audiences just wanted to have a little...
...Schuyler Mann, the Crimson’s sophomore catcher and offensive catalyst, the sight of orange and black uniforms might remind him of scoring the game-winning run in the second of those two contests. It might remind him of being behind the plate, calling the 2-1 pitching gem in that same game...
...give way to tax cuts and new military adventures. If we want a lasting peace and a country that is not hated around the world, the American people must ensure that Iraq is not forgotten as Afghanistan has been. Afghanistan’s return to the opium trade should remind us that ravaged and neglected countries often revert to old ways. If we fail to secure the peace in Iraq, whatever progress we buy with American, British and Iraqi blood will go up in smoke...