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it is simply amazing Bow much
information you can discover
while looking Tor something else.
Consider the following:
-In 1900, Boy tobies could
expect to live to age 46, girls to
age 48. By 1983, Boy tobies could
expect to live to age 71, girls to
age 78.
-Nearly half the fat in chicken
is in the skin.
-In die past three years,
Americans reduced their intake
erf bacon by 21 percent, fiot dogs,
eggs, a*d beef by 16 percent,
fresh pork by 14 percent, refined
sugar and sugary foods by 29
percent, salty foods by 21 per
cent, butter by five percent, and
other fats and" oil by 11 percent,
according to USDA reports.
During the same period, Ameri
cans increased their consump
tion" of. fruits and vegetables by
25 percent, poultry by 17 per
cent, and fish by 15 percent.
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•-Verdi composed his “Ave
Maria*’ at age 85. Michelangelo .*•
was carving the RondaniniPieta
six days before he died at age 89.
Titian painted “The Battle'of
Lepanto” at 98.
-Lean veal can have as little
as' one-tenth the ffefof lean beef,
though the cholesterol content'of
veal and beef is about the same.
-Boston or Bibb lettuce has
twice as much vitamin C and
three times as mudi vitamin A
by weight as iceberg lettuce.
Even better, Rotnaine has six
times as much C and eight times
as much as icdberg. In
general, the darker the lettuce,
the more nutritious.
-Sucking'on hard candies or
lollipops, is a greater cause'of
tooth decay than eating larger
amounts of ice cream'or cake,
since the candies dissolve slowly
and surround the teeth with
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L Show WiB Be Held
Dust off your dolls and
get them ready to wp**
in the Fourth Annual
“Dolls through the Years”
Doll Show to be held
Saturday, April 36. Open to
the public, the show frill be
held at Marion Diehl
Recreation Center, 2319
Tyvola Road in Charlotte,
from M a m. to 4 p.m.
This “Life. Be in it”
event is sponsored by the
Charlotte Parks and
Recreation Department
and the Queen Charlotte
Doll Club. Over 800 people
viewed the over 500 dolls
featured in competition
and oo exhibit at last year's
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1. Before 1900
2.1901-1105
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3. 1926-1945
4. 1946-1960
5.1960 - present
6. The Wonderful World of
Non-Commercial DoOb .
7. Reproductions
Children’s . categories
include: * 'it
l . Bean
2.1970 - present
A 3” « 5*’ card with the
doll’s -information must
accompany each doll.
Entries will be accepted on
the day of the show
between the hours of 8 a.m.
• 9 a m. Ribbons and prizes
will be awsrded; the
viewing public will vote for
Best of Show.
For more information,
call the City's Cultural Arts
Specialist, Bonita Heffner,
at 336-2564.
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-The number of prematura t
deaths due to smoking in the tH|]
is the equivalent of 920 fully
loaded 757 jumbo jets cradling
every year - 350*00 people each
year, according to the Apiierican
Lung Association.
j-Men who are 30 pared!1
overweight have a 70 percent
higher’risk'of developing cato
nary heart disease than those at
their recommended weight.
-Fruits and vegetables pro
vide virtually all the vitamin C
§! (92 percent) and half the vitamin
A (49 parent) in'the httfion’s
food supply, but'only nine per
cenf of the calorisaftays the U.S.
Department' of Agriculture.
Editor's Note: Obesity,in the last
column, should have been
defined as 20 parent above the
~ desirable weight set by life insur
ance tables, hot 200 percent.
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merchant who doesn't
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across his door and lead a life
of undisturbed peace."