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...kidneys too play a big role. The urinary and renal systems govern not only the quantity of water that is kept or dumped by the body but also its composition. Drain or retain too much sugar, potassium or countless other essential components, and the chemistry of the whole body goes awry. One of the things the kidneys keep an especially close watch on is salt. The more sodium you hold, the more water your body retains, storing it first in the bloodstream and then off-loading it into tissues. When your system gets waterlogged, overfilled vessels feel the strain...
...said he will make the HRC “user-friendly” in order to retain the membership, revitalizing the committee structure to get members more involved...
...expect to hamstring attempts by other nations to form powerful trading blocs as it did in the early 1990’s when it limited the authority of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation and shut down the East Asian Economic Caucus. It may be that for the U.S. to retain its preeminent seat in the world both politically and militarily, it will have to show some leadership economically...
...Chen's independence-leaning Democratic Progressive Party and its ally, the Taiwan Solidarity Union?known collectively as the "green" camp?won only 101 out of 225 seats in the fiercely fought contest. The winner: the "blue" Kuomintang- or KMT-led opposition, which favors eventual reunification with China, managed to retain a slim majority by securing 114 seats, just one more than it previously held. KMT chairman Lien Chan emerged from his office at 8:30 p.m. wearing his biggest smile since losing a close presidential race to Chen in March. As supporters applauded and firecrackers popped, Lien proclaimed: "This...
...daily manager of Oregon-based Nike, the $21 billion company he co-founded in 1972 and transformed into the world's biggest athletic shoe company; effective next month. Knight and Bill Bowerman, now deceased, started out in 1962, making soles with Bowerman's waffle iron. Knight, who will retain the title of chairman, will be replaced by William Perez, the CEO of S.C. Johnson...