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This year began with the announcement by the Federal Government of the results of the broadest and most expensive research project in medical history. Its subject was cholesterol, the vital yet dangerous yellowish substance whose level in the bloodstream is directly affected by the richness of the diet. Anybody who takes the results seriously may never be able to look at an egg or a steak the same way again. For what the study found, after ten years of research costing $150 million, promises to have a profound impact on how Americans eat and watch their health. Among the conclusions...
Shultz had heard enough. "I really don't understand you people!" he exploded. "Here we have an area right next to us, which a cross section of Americans on a bipartisan commission studied very carefully . . . and have concluded that it is in the vital interests of the United States. Now there are problems there. We all know that. And what you're telling me is that because there are problems, let's walk away...
...revenues: $58.5 billion), A completed deal would also make Socal the largest U.S. gasoline retailer, with 10.2% of the market and stations in every state but Wisconsin and North Dakota. Most important, Socal will have gained control of Gulfs 1.9 billion bbl. of worldwide proven oil reserves, including a vital 723 million...
Jackson cares so little about conventional standards of hipness that he can rise above embarrassment on such matters of taste. His catholicity directs him straight to the vital center of contemporary pop culture. Thriller is an insinuating, invigorating album, but it is not the kind of great album one has come to expect since the tumultuous days of Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band: a record that provokes, challenges, raises questions and laughs at answers. Thriller is not Who's Next or The White Album or Blonde on Blonde or Songs in the Key of Life or Born...
Researchers speculate that chemicals may work their damage in several ways. The excess ozone might open the pores of leaves, allowing acid rain to leach vital nutrients. Or acid rain may cause harmful changes in the chemical composition of the soil. Rain may also deposit toxic heavy metals that damage plants' root systems. Says Richard Phipps of the U.S. Geological Survey: "The darn thing is a heck of a lot more complex than we ever thought...