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...experiment was designed to show the differing effects of two distinct types of cholesterol: low-density lipoproteins, or LDLs, and a variant known as high-density lipoproteins, or HDLs. LDLs are the villains of cardiology: these complex molecules ferry cholesterol through the blood vessels, allowing life-threatening deposits to accumulate within artery walls. Each 1% decrease in LDL levels lowers the risk of heart disease 2%. The "good" HDLs work as garbage trucks, sopping up excess cholesterol and inhibiting arterial deposits. Basically, these two substances make up the total human blood- cholesterol level, an indicator that signals vulnerability to coronary...
...variant on the seawall that can also hasten erosion is riprap -- rocks and boulders piled into makeshift barriers to absorb the force of incoming waves. While seawalls and riprap run parallel to the beach, groin fields extend directly out into the water. Made up of short piers of stone extending from the beach and spaced 100 yds. or so apart, they can slow erosion by trapping sand carried by crosscurrents. But down current, the lack of drifting sand can result in worse erosion. "It's like robbing Peter to pay Paul," says Leatherman -- a concept the O'Malleys of Westhampton...
Then one confronts not a gimmicky variant on a formula but a chilling experience called River's Edge. Tim Hunter, who directed Tex and co-wrote Over the Edge, movies about angry and isolated young men, may not have dealt with an alienated group before, but his vision of small-town American life is remarkably consistent. He works only in gray tones. The sun never shines on his world of ranchette homes and convenience stores. Adults exist only as malevolent authority figures...
...movement that preached Afrikaner solidarity and resistance to both British and blacks. Its driving force was the Broederbond (the Brotherhood), a secret society founded in 1918 to get better jobs for Afrikaners, many of them victims of economic hard times, and to promote the use of Afrikaans, a hybrid variant of Dutch that became a written language only in the middle of the 19th century. Today, though not listed in any telephone book, the Broederbond has 12,000 members in more than 800 cells, including President Botha (Member 4,487) and most other Afrikaner leaders of both church and state...
Whew! Another worry laid to rest. Moonlighting's Bruce Willis can prevail on the big screen. The presence of this teen dream in Blind Date is undoubtedly why a mostly indifferent movie has zipped up the charts. As Walter Davis he offers a neat variant on his TV character, acting like a stooge but saving himself finally with hidden reserves of smarts. And he does it with style...