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Finding ways to attack and reverse the obesity epidemic is a key goal of the conference, which is sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the New Balance Foundation, Aetna and American Milk Processors. The gathering is a mix of physicians, researchers, members of the food and restaurant industry, policy makers and others...
...Risa Lavizzo-Mourey, MD, President and CEO, The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation spoke of the foundation's effort to fund research into solutions for the crisis, but she warned that research takes time and action is needed now. "We cannot afford to surrender an entire generation to obesity while we're waiting to learn...
...reflection from the helmet of one of the snipers and took aim, and later on, I found out, I got a bull's-eye on him. It was my only time that rifle fired--due to the bullet that hit my rifle. It must have shattered the wood, and the rifle broke in half, and I had to throw it away...
...were fired at, and one tank took a direct hit--I never knew whether from the enemy or our own tanks--and the whole crew was killed. After we took another hit, we found a little wood and dug in. The order to all tank units, maybe from the Fuhrer, was not to yield a single meter. Before I slept that night under my tank, I wrote an angry letter home. As a young officer, I thought we could have broken the invasion if we'd been better...
GLIDERS AND PARATROOPERS The vanguard of the Allied armies was supposed to swoop in silently behind enemy lines, but little went according to plan. Paratroopers were scattered for miles across the countryside, some coming down directly into towns. Many wood-and-canvas gliders were raked by German fire or crashed into unexpectedly large hedgerows. But by the end of D-day, British commandos had captured key bridges near Caen, and Americans held large pockets inland from Utah Beach...