Word: squirrels
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...live longer. But a new study may show that primates -- perhaps even people -- also live longer, healthier lives if they consume fewer calories per day. The theory is that lowering calories resets the body's metabolism so that it operates more efficiently. A 10-year study of rhesus and squirrel monkeys found that the underfed animals have lower blood pressure and better cholesterol. Perhaps the most striking finding: underfed animals look as though they will be protected from heart disease. Their levels of high-density lipoprotein -- the good cholesterol that helps keep blood flowing smoothly through the arteries -- are twice...
...recent years Mexico has replaced Panama as the leading drug-money Laundromat in Latin America. And much of the money stays in Mexico. Aided by lax government regulation and the willingness of Mexican banks to accept suitcases full of cash without asking questions, drug barons have been able to squirrel billions of dollars into legitimate businesses; Garcia Abrego owns dozens of such businesses, including computer stores, car dealerships and meat-packing plants. The effect on the economy can be pernicious. Since businesses supplied with capital from drug dealing don't have to worry about profits, efficiency or paying interest, they...
...with a Squirrel, 1765. It shows his 16-year-old stepbrother Henry Pelham absorbed in reverie in front of a red curtain, his gaze slightly raised like a Guido Reni saint as he toys with a gold chain. The other end of the chain is attached to a tame flying squirrel nibbling a nut. Everything in the painting is a show of skill in illusion: the squirrel's pelt, the reflections and the thread of white highlight on the mahogany tabletop, the glass of water (to show how well he could do transparency), the boy's fresh, young skin...
...things somehow go wrong. Doggles the Dog was supposed to have a starring role in the Cat in the Hat series, but he has a drinking problem. Squirrelly the Squirrel knocks up Mrs. Squirrelly and gives up his artistic aspirations to work overtime at the peanut butter factory. The father starts to feel guilty, and the story ends...
...tremulous voice. She portrays Alison's silent suffering exquisitely. As she stands at an ironing board in the opening scene, we are captivated by her penetrating eyes and intense concentration on her work. In her frightened, innocent loveliness, Normand's Alison truly is, as Jimmy puts it, "a beautiful squirrel." Her shiny long hair even "glistens" like a "sleek, bushy tail...