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...bottles to can linings (to protect against E. coli and botulism), while phthalates are found in children's toys as well as vinyl shower curtains. And those chemicals can get inside us through the food, water and bits of dust we consume or even by being absorbed through our skin. Indeed, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that 92% of Americans age 6 or older test positive for BPA--a sign of just how common the chemical is in our plastic universe...
...find it hard to imagine that many people would want to continue Bush's economic policies with McCain, and I will keep encouraging them not to. I also think there has to be a lot of pressure on Obama or his economic populism may only turn out to be skin deep. We need to keep pushing him on that...
Other qualities are also needed, he says. Single-mindedness is requisite: "Tunnel vision helps. Being a bit of a s___ helps. A thick skin helps. Stamina is crucial, as is a capacity to work so hard that your best friends mock you, your lovers despair and the rest of your acquaintances watch furtively from the sidelines, half in awe and half in contempt." Whatever you do, don't become a wage slave, writes Dennis. "The salary begins to have an attraction and addictiveness all of its own. A regular paycheck and crack cocaine have that in common...
...their coast-to-coast, January-to-June combat, millions of voters had skin in the game - their dreams of a woman President, or a black President; their hopes of restoring the Clinton dynasty, or their hopes of ending it; perhaps more prosaic investments in an Administration post, a consulship in a nice European burg or just a friendly ear in the White House. Politics is not just about instincts and ideologies - it's also about interests. And the winners get a bigger share of the satisfaction than the losers...
...physician, I believe obesity is a far greater public-health hazard than tobacco. It is associated with an increase in cancer, diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, skin problems, depression, gastrointestinal disorders, heart failure - the list goes on. We should attack obesity exactly as we have gone after tobacco - with a national advertising campaign, more self-help groups, taxes on certain foods and the right to sue food manufacturers and restaurants. John M.R. Kuhn, M.D., Weston, Wisconsin...