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...development men find the Laotian people charming, but by Western standards, bone lazy. In other backward lands, it is popular to write this quality off to malnutrition, liver flukes and intestinal parasites, but in Laos (where these afflictions also abound) lethargy extends to the highest rank of princelings, raised on French cuisine. The favorite phrase in Laos is bo pen nyan, a vaguely negative phrase that means anything from "too bad" to "it doesn't matter." Peasants listen with interest when U.S. experts explain scientific agriculture. But when they learn that the aim is to double production rather than...
...disease is not to be taken lightly: it almost invariably results in inflammation of the liver-though a less dangerous form of hepatitis than the widespread infectious hepatitis or serum hepatitis (TIME, Nov. 14), which are caused by different viruses. And mono must be carefully doctored and nursed, says Colonel Hoagland, because in a few neglected cases it has caused rupture of the spleen, meningitis or heart block-and death...
...diseases caused by small viruses, mono has no cure. Patients are kept in bed. with absolute rest, to protect the spleen and liver. Some doctors believe that in severe cases drugs of the cortisone type help reduce the inflammation and therefore safeguard the liver. Two weeks in bed and another of complete rest are usually enough, with good doctoring, to ensure full recovery...
...diet recommendations are fairly simple: "Eat less fat meat, fewer eggs and dairy products. Spend more time on fish, chicken, calves' liver, Canadian bacon, Italian food, Chinese food, supplemented by fresh fruits, vegetables and casseroles." Adds Keys: "Nobody wants to live on mush. But reasonably low-fat diets can provide infinite variety and aesthetic satisfaction for the most fastidious-if not the most gluttonous-among us." On such fare, Gourmet Keys keeps his own weight at a moderate 155, his cholesterol count at a comfortable...
Winter is icummen in, Lhude sing Goddamm, Raineth drop and staineth slop, And how the wind doth ramm! Sing: Goddamm Skiddeth bus and sloppeth us, An ague hath my ham. Freezeth river, turneth liver, Damm you, sing: Goddamm...