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...examined six weapons systems, including the Aegis defense system used by U.S. vessels in the Persian Gulf. "In all six cases," said the report, "the test agencies stated findings that were not consistent with the evidence." Among the OT&E's sins: setting up targets that were slower or easier to hit than those in combat and using few or no countermeasures, such as radar jamming, to challenge the weapons systems...
...exactly, since Nomura, like most large Japanese companies, guarantees lifetime employment. But "failures" find themselves on a track to nowhere; they become what the Japanese call madogiwa-zoku, or those who sit idly by a window. More than a few failures have moved on to rival companies and report that they do not for a moment miss their life at Nomura. Says one: "It's a rare Nomura man who has a good career and a good family life. Now I have time for my family." To many current employees, however, working conditions seem to be getting less harsh. Says...
Americans have long been treated to a barrage of dietary advice from health officials, some of it frightening, some useful -- and some just plain confusing. Last week they got the strongest and clearest warning yet that what they eat can kill them. In the first ever Surgeon General's Report on Nutrition and Health, a 712-page document that draws on more than 2,000 studies, Surgeon General C. Everett Koop cautions that the U.S. population eats altogether too much, and too much of the wrong foods, especially saturated fats. Says Koop: "Your choice of diet can influence your long...
...report, prepared with the help of 200 doctors, nutritionists and researchers, is the most comprehensive governmental review yet of the connection between diet and health. Though little in it is really new, its very heft is impressive. Diet, the report states, helped account for more than two-thirds of the 2.1 million deaths in the U.S. last year. Poor nutritional habits are strongly implicated in five of the nation's top ten killers: coronary heart disease, stroke, atherosclerosis, diabetes and some cancers. Excessive alcohol use is linked to three other leading causes of death: cirrhosis of the liver, accidents...
While noting that other factors, like heredity and environment, contribute to the development of chronic ailments, the report stresses that aside from drinking or smoking, diet is the "one personal choice" that more than any other influences long-term health prospects. The Surgeon General's Report urges the public to cut back on saturated fats and cholesterol, mainly from meat and dairy products, and concentrate on fish, skinned poultry, fruits, vegetables and whole grain products. Fat, which increases the risk for obesity, heart disease and cancer, now accounts for 37% of the calories in the American diet, well above...