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Many Americans have simply given up on the battle of the bulge. The stringent diets and ``no pain, no gain'' exercise ethic of the '80s are probably the reason. The only way to successfully manage weight and achieve better health and fitness is through life-style changes in exercise and eating habits. People should look for fun, easy ways to get more active every day. The key is for them to pick exercise activities they enjoy, because they are more likely to stick to them. Crash diets and fanatical exercise regimes simply do not foster adherence...
...would like to see more stringent background checks," the chief said...
Commuter airlines operating small aircraft should not be allowed to continue under regulations less stringent than those governing larger planes, the National Transportation Safety Board said today. The board's recommendations come after a nine-month study and a day after the International Airline Passenger Association urged its members to avoid commuter aircraft with fewer than 31 seats -- planes the IAPA said have a "significantly higher" accident rate than larger craft. The smaller commuter planes do not have to meet some standards that apply to larger aircraft; the NTSB recommends that the Federal Aviation Administration tighten commuter pilots' training standards...
Soft on crime? Next to being called a politician, that was every candidate's worst fear this season. The desperate need to talk tough gave rise to a clamor for three-strikes-you're-out laws and other stringent penalties. But do those measures have anything to do with what works in the real world? A street-level look suggests that the popular wisdom has it backward...
Hoping for Democratic blood in the upcoming November elections, Republicans used a barrage of procedural tactics to kill what was left of the Clinton legislative agenda as Congress moved to adjourn. A stringent ban on gifts from lobbyists perished in the intense last-minute partisan warfare, as did an overhaul of the Superfund law that would have speeded cleanup of toxic-waste dumps. Miraculous survivors were: a California desert bill that creates the largest wilderness area outside Alaska and an education bill that redirects more federal aid to poorer communities. Clinton assaulted the Republicans for their "stop it, slow...