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A pinch of controversy shakes up dietary salt. (includes related article on reducing intake of salt)
FDA Consumer
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November 1, 1997|
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Salt
For such a simple substance, common table salt has had a very complex past. Once scarce, salt was as precious as gold, valued as a chemical agent used to clean, dye, soften leather, and bleach. But more importantly, early humans recognized salt--sodium chloride, or NaCl--as a necessary part of their diets and an element worth fighting for.
Now modern technology has made salt readily available and at a price almost anyone can afford. As a result, many of us take salt and its merits for granted. But scientists keep salt in the news by debating its ...
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RETURN TO WAKE ISLAND TOUR REUNITES FORMER POWS.
News Wire article from: States News Service
; ...assigned and life so far on Wake Island had been pretty good. "I had arrived to Wake Island on the 25th or 26th of November...placement was on the Wilkes Island part of Wake," said Dale...islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands. It ended on Dec. 23...
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RETURN TO WAKE ISLAND TOUR REUNITES FORMER POWS
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...assigned and life so far on Wake Island had been pretty good. "I had arrived to Wake Island on the 25th or 26th of November...placement was on the Wilkes Island part of Wake," said Dale...islets of Peale and Wilkes Islands. It ended on Dec. 23...
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In the wake of islands. (atmospheric phenomenon known as island wake)
Magazine article from: Weatherwise
; ...on alternating sides of the island. This process is known as...rows is about as wide as the island, and the distance between...three times as wide as the island. Often a clear-air "eye...of miles from their parent islands. The structure of the vortices...similar to whitewater in the wake of ...
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Was WAKE ISLAND Surrendered Prematurely?
Magazine article from: Sea Classics
; ...Naval aviator in command of the Wake Island garrison, lends further...pride and morale. While the island itself was largely unknown...distant Pacific. Although Wake Island actually held no strategic...desperate hours of fighting on Wake Island would not become known ...
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Insiders' stories of Wake Island get a good retelling.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; ...Dead: America's Heroic Stand at Wake Island" by Bill Sloan; Bantam ($24...is apt. At the Alamo and on Wake Island, a small fighting force representing...subtitle rankle. What happened on Wake Island had less to do with "America...
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Wake Island evacuates as super typhoon bears down
Newspaper article from: Honolulu Star - Bulletin
; ...Typhoon Iokeface=-Bold; WAKE ISLAND For the first time in...who actually consider Wake Island their home. She said a longtime...three months until after the island was restored," she said...Americans on its payroll. WAKE ISLAND was captured by the Japanese...miles west of the ...
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 "Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)")
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PERIPATETIC PCBS TO PAUSE AT WAKE ISLAND.(News)
Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; ...be on the move again - this time to Wake Island. The Pacific island, once the scene...which make emergency landings there. Wake Island also will provide an emergency...know why the Defense Department chose Wake Island over Johnston Island. Environmental...
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NRC EVENT NOTIFICATION REPORT FOR MARCH 21: LOST RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA ON WAKE ISLAND
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...JASON KOZAL LOST RADIOGRAPHY CAMERA ON WAKE ISLAND The licensee reported a loss of a...2005] IR-192 radiography camera on Wake Island. In preparation for evacuation...Super Typhoon Yoke made land fall on Wake Island producing 150 mph winds and...
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HICKAM TEAM BEGINS WAKE ISLAND ASSESSMENT
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News
; ...exploring facilities on the island the next morning. "Each damage...area we're covering is what Wake Islanders refer to as downtown...According to Jimmie Taylor, Wake Island's power production...The Air Force evacuated Wake Island's 188 residents Aug...
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Hell Wouldn't Stop: an Oral History of the Battle of Wake Island.(Brief Article)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Military Review
; ...WOULDN'T STOP: An Oral History of the Battle of Wake Island, Chet Cunningham, Carroll & Graf Publishers...Wouldn't Stop: An Oral History of the Battle of Wake Island is the brother of a Wake Island survivor who never discussed his harrowing...
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