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...last week, in a 20-page report that stirred instant controversy, a panel of scientists from the National Research Council, an arm of the National Academy of Sciences, challenged the prevailing wisdom. It said that there was no reason for healthy adults to decrease dietary cholesterol and, in a slap at diet faddists, added: "Good food . . . should not be reguarded as a poison, a medicine, or a talisman. It should be eaten and enjoyed...
Shouting and grunting through many of the songs, Hall's most obvious slap at his old, burdensome image lashes out on the rocking title track. He hammers at the keyboards as if he's chipping away all the artifacts that used to encase his music. The final creation proves rough, yet confident, and he tests his new-found vocal endurance on a twisting, unconventional chord progression. Like a motorcycle zooming up a winding mountain road, Hall almost falls off the edge, but he finally reaches...
...York's Chase Manhattan pays no interest on most passbooks whenever the balance drops below $100. United Jersey Bank, the Garden State's second largest, will slap a $2-per-quarter charge on any account that averages below $100. Chicago's First National Bank allows only one free withdrawal per month from passbooks holding less than $500 and deducts $1 for each additional transaction...
...there was this big celebration planned. Smiles all around, lots--14,995--of happy people, a group of 20 or so hockey players set to slap each other on the back and exchange congratulations for a job well done...
...formal eight-day visit to China, the Soviet Union's main ideological adversary. Berlinguer's colleagues insisted that his trip was merely an attempt to resume normal relations with the Chinese party, which were cut off in 1962. Nonetheless, the visit was not only a slap at the Kremlin but also a vivid demonstration of the deep schism that has been widening down the middle of the movement once called Eurocommunism...