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...wonder so many of us are overweight, ill-nourished and just plain frustrated about how to shape up: every day brings more conflicting medical advice. Here's what experts are reporting now: IS FAT THAT BAD? Everyone knows that a diet low in fat helps the heart and prevents cancer. But what if it doesn't? A $415 million, 12-year U.S. study of 49,000 older women found that a low-fat diet did not significantly reduce breast cancer, colorectal cancer or heart disease. But low-fat advocates say the study didn't distinguish between good fats such...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Healthy State of Confusion | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...return, its impact will be severe?but probably less so on the southern beaches that are Sri Lanka's main attraction. Foreign aid and investment will fall, as will tourist numbers. But Sri Lanka's economy kept growing during the earlier years of war, and is in better shape today than it was, now that a collection of boutique hotels has made the island the favored destination of the long-haul travel crowd. Although tourists may continue to enjoy Sri Lanka, if war is renewed, those who live there year-round will continue to have their aspirations for peace thwarted...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: An Island on the Edge | 2/12/2006 | See Source »

...down court and 12 seconds later, the infamous Harvard killer Scott Greenman buried a trifecta to pull the Tigers within one with 31 ticks left.“All he does is hit big shots,” Stehle said.Despite the crushing blow, the Crimson was still in good shape. Princeton would have to foul, and if Harvard got into any trouble, it could call a timeout. If the Crimson could get the ball to Goffredo or Stehle, it would be in great shape, as that would almost certainly lead to two points from the line, leaving the Tigers about...

Author: By Michael R. James, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: SIDEBAR: Harvard Comes Up One Minute Short | 2/11/2006 | See Source »

Foster declined to comment on whether or not she had been fired from her post. She added that Dean of the College Benedict H. Gross ’71 and Deputy Dean of the College Patricia O’Brien have been responsible for determining “the shape of the office of advising” and that she has not been involved in that process...

Author: By Liz C. Goodwin and Ying Wang, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERSS | Title: Longtime Dean, Adviser Forced Out | 2/10/2006 | See Source »

...bluish rectangle hovering in the center, Stella uses at least two different hues of yellow and three shades of red to give the stripes a mesmerizing glowing effect. The blue rectangle has both white and black paint mixed into the blue, and this variation in tone makes the shape nebulous, almost misty, so that it seems to be floating just in front of the canvas...

Author: By Julian M. Rose, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Year Before He Broke | 2/9/2006 | See Source »

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