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...made little difference whether the calcium came from dairy foods or from a combination of dietary sources and supplements. It also didn't take much calcium to have an effect: an extra serving of dairy a day--a cup of milk or a thumb-size piece of cheese--translated into 2 lbs. less weight. Calcium, Novotny explains, increases the body's ability to break down fat while reducing the rate of fat synthesis. But calories still matter for weight control; the best way to stay trim is to eat less and exercise more. And remember: low-fat or fat-free...
...than that of Catholic Central students—even though the environment should have made their beliefs more evident. Harvard is a pretty “godless” place: just to believe the things that the Catholic Church teaches should make one stick out like a sore thumb. I mean, why would a serious Lutheran ever want to become a lukewarm Catholic...
Time necessary for Keith Sanderson, a machine operator at Macy Panel Products of Newcastle upon Tyne, England, to stop bleeding after accidentally chopping off the tip of his thumb in a recent industrial accident...
Time after the accident that Sanderson accidentally cut off his entire index finger while demonstrating to his bosses how exactly he had cut off the tip of his thumb...
When Zach Talraas saw a white van with flashing red lights barreling toward his Humvee, he held fire. A gentle press of his thumb on the red rubber trigger of his Mark 19 automatic grenade launcher could have incinerated the incoming vehicle. But the 20 year-old army private held off. "Emergency vehicles," he says, "are supposed to be exempt...