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...ABSTRACT, IT'S AN IDEA THAT wins every popularity contest. A public- opinion poll recorded an 80% majority in favor of amending the Constitution to force a balanced federal budget. Bill Clinton had to twist every Democratic arm in sight to block passage of the 1994 version of such an amendment, and even then it failed to get through the Senate by only four votes. Now the Republican majorities in House and Senate have designated the amendment Resolution No. 1, putting it at the top of the agenda. The White House and its congressional allies have been reduced to guerrilla...
Like more tradtiional approaches, the latest obestity treatments try to lower an elevated set point by decreasing a person's appetite. But they have added a new twist by also affecting the level of a chemical in the brain called serotonin. A shortage of this chemical has been linked to depression and other mental ills. Serotonin may curb the appetite by helping a person feel full and satisfied. And, it turns out, a growing body of research suggests that fatty foods can increase the amount of serotonin in the brain. So it appears that some people who are obese...
...four break into yawns of boredom. George Harrison explains that to avoid mob scenes, the guys go to restaurants "where the people there are so snobby they're the type who pretend they don't know us, so we have a good time." To which Paul McCartney gives a twist: "Joe's Caf. Social comment, that, y'know." The gigs were half Bandstand, half Goon Show...
...always, Reagan gave it a wonderful Hollywood twist. "I now begin the journey that will lead me into the sunset of my life," he wrote. "I know that for America there will always be a bright dawn ahead." The swell of sympathy and affection was instantaneous and overwhelming, from the man on the street to Bill Clinton. Speaking Saturday night at a political rally in Oakland, California, the President said that Reagan's letter had "touched my heart," and the news brought gasps from the crowd of Democrats...
...ironic twist, Harvard's two teams played against each other in the final round. The A team...