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...much, keeping to their respective banks of the river, especially after dark. They don't share the same feelings about the bridge, either. While Muslims are uniformly enthusiastic, Croats say its significance - and the importance of the reconstruction effort - has been overblown by Muslims who want to stress the town's Ottoman roots. "The bridge is not a symbol of all of Mostar," complains Croat newspaper columnist Darko Juka. But even Croats like Juka are ready to recognize that a new bridge will bring much-needed money to the town from foreign tourists. Emir Balic, the diver, is just waiting...
...CHECKED LUGGAGE. VIOLATORS MAY PAY LARGE FINES AND/OR SERVE UP TO FIVE YEARS IN PRISON. But waits at the security checkpoints (six have just been added, bringing the total to a generous 20) were usually less than five minutes, and passengers seemed to be handling the preholiday stress well--even the infirm elderly woman who tripped a metal detector and had to laboriously remove her black orthopedic shoes for inspection and watch her purse being ransacked before she was carted off, exhausted, in her wheelchair...
...cigarettes, after all, are plants fortified with nicotine), quitting only because she didn't want to support the tobacco business. And she freely admits to an eating disorder: for the past year she has been bulimic, bingeing and vomiting sometimes as much as once a day to cope with stress. But she insists she is true to her beliefs: even when bingeing, she remains dedicated to vegan consumption...
...dying prematurely because of too much saturated fat from meat and dairy products." Indeed, according to David Pimentel, a Cornell ecologist, the average American consumes 112 grams of protein a day, twice the amount recommended by the National Academy of Sciences. "This has implications for cancer risks and stress on the urinary system," says Pimentel. "And with this protein comes a lot of fat. Fully 40% of our calories--and heavy cardiovascular risks--come from...
...hooked on the placid calm it imparts and needing to take it more frequently to maintain this chemical serenity. When taken in high doses or along with alcohol, coma or even death can be the result. "It is a good drug and I prescribe it to patients who display stress symptoms, but there are clear rules about dosage," says New Delhi general practitioner Dr. S. K. Vohra. "The trouble is that many chemists sell it without prescriptions and so people take it without supervision...