Word: mattered
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...Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston, Dr. Frank Sacks and colleagues randomly switched 20 healthy men and women between two six-week diets: one contained 100 grams of oat bran daily, the other 100 grams of low-fiber wheat. Cholesterol levels dropped an average 7.5% -- no matter the diet. The simple explanation: both grains work indirectly by displacing other items in the diet. People who fill up on oat bran or wheat have less room for scrambled eggs, chocolate cake and other fatty delectables...
...indigestible concoction." By measuring education spending as a percentage of national income instead of comparing dollars spent, it says, E.P.I. uses a methodology that is "seriously flawed." But the study does, in fact, compare per pupil expenditures as well. Result: the U.S. comes in ninth out of 16. "No matter how you do it, we're a low spender," says Lawrence Mishel, co-author of the report. "We're definitely not as Bush claims. We don't spend lavishly on our kids...
With each succeeding album, Blades has continued to expand the established limits of Latin music. Escenas (Scenes) featured British rocker Joe Jackson and Linda Ronstadt singing in Spanish, in what might be called "reverse crossover." It was only a matter of time before Blades broke the language barrier, and in 1988 he released his first album in English, Nothing but the Truth. Featuring collaborations with Lou Reed, Elvis Costello and other non- Latin artists, the record made several Top Ten lists but was a commercial dud. "That album pissed a lot of people off," Blades says. "Some people felt...
...understandably, have illegal ways of obtaining guns. Antigun laws -- the waiting periods, background checks, handgun bans, et al. -- only harass those who obey them. Why should an honest citizen be deprived of a firearm for sport or self-defense when, for a gangster, obtaining a gun is just a matter of showing up on the right street corner with enough money...
...matter what the objections to the plan, everyone agrees there would be no need for HeartGuide if the U.S. Government had a satisfactory set of regulations controlling nutritional labeling and health claims. If the Government succeeds in adopting such rules, the A.H.A. says, it could withdraw its program. Given the federal bureaucracy's track record, HeartGuide may be around for a long time...