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...real economical party," said John J. Tepedino '95, who wrote a thesis comparing the governments of Britain and United States based on a Scandinavian model of governments interacting with social interest groups. "They give alcohol to people who haven't slept in a week and thus have a very low tolerance...
...probably. But wordplay soon swamps a vigorous plot. Much traditional writing is, you might say, in this book linguistically taboo, a vast anomaly calling for a radical, slightly wacky approach to put things right. To wit, this famous soliloquy that a world-class playwright wrought for a moody Scandinavian scion: "Living or not living: that is what I ask." Or an alcoholic bard's notoriously rhythmical night thoughts: "'Twas upon a midnight tristful I sat poring, wan and wistful/ Through many a quaint and curious list full of my consorts slain." A mournful coda follows: "Quoth that Black Bird...
Before CROWN PRINCE FREDERIK, 26, dove into his new duties as a Danish Royal Navy Seal, he and girlfriend KATJA STORKHOLM NIELSEN, 24, splashed in the sun. Lingerie model Nielsen and the unmelancholy Dane lacked for a private paradise on the Indian Ocean island of Mauritius; the usually discreet Scandinavian press avidly pursued them. Might Storkholm Nielsen someday be Queen? The official word from the court was that evergreen cliche: They're just good friends...
Until now. Last week at the American Heart Association meeting in Dallas, a team of Scandinavian scientists presented results of such stunning clarity that doubts about cholesterol drugs may finally be put to rest. In a trial involving nearly 4,500 patients, a drug called simvastatin not only cut harmful cholesterol 35% but also reduced the death rate (compared with a control group) 30%. "This is a seminal study," says Dr. Suzanne Oparil, president of the American Heart Association. "It has profound implications for the practice of medicine...
Which is precisely what happened. The subjects of the Scandinavian study -- all of them heart-disease patients -- were advised to stop smoking and follow sensible diets. In addition, half received daily doses of simvastatin, while the rest took a placebo. The effects were striking. Patients who took the drug registered a 35% drop in levels of bad cholesterol and an 8% rise in good.They also required fewer hospitalizations and surgical procedures. Best of all, they experienced 42% fewer deaths from heart disease and no increase | in deaths from other causes...