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Some lawmakers object to the minimum-wage stipend that participants would receive under the current plan. This money would supplement the $5,000 students would also be given per year of service to help pay for college tuition...
Should people start stocking up on vitamin E? Not necessarily. Although most scientists believe that large doses are not toxic in the short term, no one knows about safety over the long run. Some researchers caution that taken in such large amounts, the supplement is no longer a vitamin but a drug and should be thoroughly tested. In any case, vitamin supplements cannot substitute for good health habits. Unfortunately for those who want a quick fix, getting plenty of exercise, cutting down on dietary fat and quitting smoking remain far better prescriptions for preventing heart disease than anything...
...extremely high levels, however, hundreds of times the amount contained in one supplement, Rimm said, vitamin E may prevent absorption of other vitamins...
Nonetheless, Perot's efforts have inspired me, and I have come up with some questions to supplement his survey...
...this is a children's story, and the good guys get the last word. Peggy Charren, the veteran kidvid activist, notes that educational shows rarely get high ratings because they must be geared toward specific age groups; that is why government monitoring must supplement the marketplace. "It's a bloody shame," she says, "that in a country as rich and achieving as this one, you had to drag the broadcasters kicking and screaming to serve children." Now, perhaps, the kicking may subside and the serving will start...