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...boom, the first and worst of all those new habits is almost surely diet. In a study released in July, scientists traced the eating habits of 3,000 Chinese women, ranging in age from 25 to 64. Half of the group ate a "meat sweet" diet of Western cuisine, rich in red meat, shrimp, fish, candy, desserts, bread and milk. The others stuck to more traditional Asian fare of tofu, vegetables, sprouts, beans, fish and soy milk. Postmenopausal women in the meat-sweet group showed a 60% greater risk of developing the most common kind of breast cancer...
Among the organizations listed as examples of institutions serving the rich were art museums, theaters, and Harvard University...
...room: "How do I speak to the soul of America?" My answer to that was simple: Focus on the children. Their plight is our shame, I told him, and their promise is our future. Reach them and you reach our soul. Bush nodded in agreement. The conversation was rich and deep for more than an hour and a half...
Well, no. Despite pressure from Europe and the U.S. for India to use its influence with Burma to help end the bloodshed, Delhi has taken a softly, softly approach to the current crisis for the same reasons China has: potential trade with and influence over the energy-rich Southeast Asian nation. "We are concerned at the situation in Myanmar and are monitoring it closely. It is our hope that all sides will resolve their issues peacefully through dialogue," said External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee in the single short public statement he has made on the subject...
...means we'll be 3% less rich by 2030. We haven't spent anywhere near this amount in the last 50 years to do anything good in the world. So it seems a little naive to say now it's all cheap...