Fat chance: obesity crosses from America to China
An editorial notes Americans fear diseases from Asia while China faces an obesity crisis linked to Western diets. It cites Campbell of the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Beijing preparing nutrition regulations, and studies showing China’s obesity and diabetes rise as fast food expands. It concludes with a parable about tobacco and potatoes as timeless pretexts for health debates.
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T. Colin Campbell
Physicians Committee For Responsible Medicine
Asia
Knight Ridder
Globalization
United States
Campbell
Ministry of Health
Beijing
China
KFC
McDonald’s
Earth Policy Institute
America
Tower of London
Tower
Walter Raleigh
Colonies
Wrecking Case Near Santa Fe Train Probe
From the May 16 1905 Lawrence Daily World report seven men described as track builders and ex railroad workers face charges of intent to wreck the Santa Fe passenger train. The article notes their regret over fate and mentions local aside about a noisy horse and state liquor laws in Missouri and Kansas with Kansas enforcing Sunday closings and prohibition in Kansas.
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Lawrence Daily World
Santa Fe
World Office
Kansas City
Missouri
Kansas
From Supernanny to Dobson a political makeover
Ellen Goodman argues that the success of Focus on the Family and James Dobson shows how parenting style shapes conservative politics. She contrasts strict discipline with progressive aims, urging progressives to map family values to policy and public life.
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Boston
United Church of Christ
ABC
James Dobson
UCC
Jesus
Dobson
Focus On
George Lakoff
Lakoff
SpongeBob SquarePants
Family.org
Hollywood
Bill Clinton
White House
Ellen Goodman
Washington Post Writers Group
Schwarzenegger Cast As California Hero In Political Script
California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger treats politics like a Hollywood script with him as the action hero. He compares governance to show business, rewrites policy on the fly, and acknowledges the drama of public life while insisting democracy shares the stage with many actors.
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California
Arnold Schwarzenegger
William Shakespeare
Schwarzenegger
MSNBC
Chris Mathews
Stanford University
Chris Wallace
Fox News Sunday
Schwarzen
Egger
Wallace
Shakespeare
George Skelton
the Times
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Dolph C. Simons Jr
Rob Curley
New Media
Dennis Anderson
Bill Snead
Ann Gardner
al Bonner
Joe Lewis
Ed Ciambrone
What the Journal-World
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Sixth and
New Hampshire Streets
Lawrence
Smart
U.S
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Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
Dolph C. Simons II
Ralph Gage
Dan C. Simons
Ijworld.com
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