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Several Arab-American groups have charged in recent years that the ADL is too quick to label Islamic charities as terrorist-linked...
...Action Health Letter, with a circulation of 850,000, combines articles on serious research--such as the questionable benefits of garlic supplements and St.-John's-wort--with healthy recipes and lobbying advice. Last month's issue urged readers to write the Food and Drug Administration asking it to label the "shocking levels" of added sugars in many foods...
Scratch a collector, and you find a pack rat who likes to play librarian. As a teenager Elton bought rock records extravagantly, then organized them with Prussian efficiency, filing them by record label and catalog number. With early stardom he loaded up on the usual blunder acquisitions of new-money collectors. (What was it exactly that baby boomers saw in Art Nouveau posters and Tiffany lamps?) Most of that he sold off some years ago in the mental and physical housecleaning that accompanied his decision to stop drinking. Then he went to lunch in France, somebody showed him some prints...
...season is nearly upon us, and millions of Americans will soon be turning to a dubious "remedy" widely available at health-food stores and pharmacies. It's called Oscillococcinum, a tongue-twister of a potion that, according to its label, provides "temporary relief of colds and flulike symptoms." It is the standard homeopathic treatment for influenza and goes for about $10 a box. But like other homeopathic products, it's basically worthless...
Each student wore all black with a label saying the name of one of the 146 inmates executed while Bush has been governor...