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...heart doctor the best way to avoid a heart attack, and he will probably tell you to lower your cholesterol and exercise more. What he's not likely to tell you is that despite cholesterol's well-earned reputation as the heart's primary nemesis, half of all heart attacks occur in people with normal cholesterol levels. That's because though scientists have identified some 250 other risk factors, from obesity to gum disease, they have never found a better indicator of the health of one's cardiovascular system than the levels of good and bad cholesterol in the blood...
...economy depends on tourism, and foreign visitors have all but vanished. Japan lifted its travel warning for Bali earlier this month, and Australia has downgraded its alert to a region-wide advisory. But the U.S., Germany and France, among other tourist-generating nations, are still telling their citizens to avoid Bali. This angers I Gde Pitana, director of the Bali Tourism Authority, who points out that there were no travel warnings issued for New York after Sept. 11. "Like New York, Bali is a victim," says Pitana. "Why should it be punished further?" To make Bali safer, the police presence...
...implement the latest resolution. The attitude has been constructive. I'm not predicting how things will be in the future. We haven't started the inspections yet. What are your expectations? I would expect them to cooperate correctly on the inspections. I'm sure they'd like to avoid anything that could be characterized as interference in our work. The consequences could be horrendous. What's the biggest challenge? No question that it is their declaration [on existing weapons programs]. What do they declare? How does that square with information that is out there already? The Bush Administration assumes that...
...mortgage and €70 a month child support for teenage daughters from his first marriage. That's despite the fact that his second wife, Sue, works full time. Collis lives 90 km away from his fire station because he cannot afford London housing; he commutes by motor bike to avoid slow and expensive public transport. He saves some money by sleeping on the fire station floor between shifts during the week. To boost his income, Collis works as a chair upholsterer on his days off. The shift system of two nine-hour days followed by two 15-hour nights...
...says Roger Winter, assistant administrator at USAid, which distributes U.S. food aid. "We were not aware that this suddenly was going to emerge as such a heavy impediment to a timely response in the region." The publicity surrounding the Zambian decision may actually hurt the anti-GM cause. To avoid an American challenge at the WTO, the European Parliament voted last week to lift the E.U. moratorium. "The repercussions have not been good for anybody," says the Brussels official. Least of all for Zambia's hungry millions...