Word: mays
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...open-ended commitment to supply all the fuel, water and electric needs of the U.S. forces operating there, but how should oil supplied to American troops be valued -- at the price it might fetch if sold on the world market or at Saudi production costs, which may be as low as 50 cents per bbl. of crude? By some estimates, Saudi crisis-related expenses in the first five months have totaled $22 billion, far more than the oil windfall. But these calculations include such items as forgiveness of $4.5 billion in Saudi loans to Egypt, a highly indirect crisis cost...
CAPTION: Probably no individual has collected more information about extremely low-frequency fields -- or done more to sound the alarm about the dangers they may pose -- than Louis Slesin, editor of a newsletter called Microwave News. Here is his ranking of the worst hazards -- and some advice...
...ailment becomes more common among people as they emigrate from countries, like Japan, where meat consumption is low, to the U.S., where meat is a staple. Scientists speculate that bile acids produced by the liver to help digest fats can damage the intestine. Another theory is that red meat may contain cancer-triggering chemicals...
...half the risk of those who ate it less than once a month. "The less red meat the better," says Dr. Walter Willett, professor of epidemiology and nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health, who directed the study. "At most, it should be eaten only occasionally. And it may be maximally effective not to eat red meat...
...open hand, outstretched to a fallen adversary, may be the surest sign that a battle is truly over. Last week brought just such a sign as the Soviet government issued a dignified -- but desperate -- request for help, and an American President responded solicitously. George Bush's decision to help sustain the Soviet Union through the hard winter ahead reflected as much politics as pity, but what made it easy was that both sides had so much to gain...