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...these guys think they are, anyway? I don't care where either of them "find their spirit" at the end of the day. Once his official business is finished, the President can take a flying leap for all I care. He can frolic in a field of daisies or soak in bubble bath if that's what does it for him. It's the daylight hours that matter to me. And, I imagine, to a whole lot of other women. So here's my message: Sock it to us, George and Al. We can take it. Whole handfuls of policy...
...release the vitamins until they are deep in the epidermis. Estee Lauder is using "photosomes," which pop open only when exposed to ultraviolet radiation, in its Re-Nutriv Lifting Serum (available in November). Another approach, favored by Osmotics of Denver, depends on transdermal patches to allow vitamin C to soak directly into the skin...
...throngs planning to gather in Washington and Hong Kong to countless individuals ready to join in via the Internet. The theme is finding solutions to global warming: cars will be banned from some streets in Rome; Mexico City will send 30,000 students out to plant seedlings (new trees soak up heat-trapping carbon dioxide); and the Earth Day Energy Fast campaign, based in Los Angeles, will urge folks to shut off appliances for 24 hours. For a rundown on events, visit www.earthday.net But saving the planet obviously isn't a one-day proposition. Here's a sampling...
...driver fatigue and save about 100 lives a years - has managed to tick off both truckers and safety advocates. The safety folks say it could make the roads either more or less dangerous; truckers say it could lead to either more or less work; and everyone agrees it will soak the economy. The rule would limit truckers to one 12-hour shift per 24 hours. The current regulation allows for 10-hour shifts followed by eight hours' rest (or a maximum 16 hours per day of driving). Some drivers pile on the shifts in consecutive days to achieve their maximum...
...told, we spend $1.7 billion a year on those pills and capsules--most commonly vitamin C, which originally attracted attention as a supposed cold remedy. But interest in these supplements has been fanned in recent years by hints that antioxidants such as vitamins C and E and selenium soak up free radicals, those by-products of metabolism that can damage cells and have been implicated in a wide variety of diseases, from cancer and cardiovascular disease to Alzheimer's, as well as in aging...