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...meeting, the two ethicists reinforced Bush's growing conviction that he should not fund research on newly extracted stem-cell colonies. Now it only remained for him to find a way to make the narrower compromise work. When the NIH discovered the larger number of existing stem cells, the shape of the policy was locked...
...While a bottom-up "unity government" begins to take shape on the Palestinian street, Sharon's own unity government is showing a few signs of strain. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, architect of the Oslo Accord, criticized last week's seizure of Orient House as a tactical mistake - and it's easy to see why. The move brought fierce international criticism, even from Washington, and turned the focus of the international community away from the suicide bombing. It also painted Sharon into a corner: Because Orient House had no official status in Israeli-Palestinian agreements, it will be politically difficult...
...they work? Not necessarily. Independent studies have concluded that most of these products--no matter who endorses them or how expensive they are--shape your midsection no better than old-fashioned stomach crunches. Some can even cause injury--like the $518.99 Body Shapers, which left electrical burns on some researchers at the University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. Others, like the popular Ab-Doer, typically burn fewer calories than a gentle walk, according to a study to be published in September by the American Council on Exercise...
...shape executives should restructure their physique by using the same techniques that have made them successful in business. That's the thesis of The Business Plan for the Body, a summer best seller. Author Jim Karas is a Wharton grad and former options trader and money manager who now works as a $10,000-a-week fitness consultant based in Chicago. He advises dieters to approach weight loss as a business with a twist--you want to spend more than you take in. Think of calories eaten as revenue and calories burned by exercise as expenditures, he writes. Publicly announce...
...great shape! And still making money! Buy a collage of memorabilia from The Jack La Lanne Show and for an extra $19.95 you'll get a video of Jack signing...