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A really busy year.(have you heard?)(Calendar)
As readers of CONSUMER REPORTS, you get advice in every issue. What few people know is that as head of Consumers Union, I get advice from the staff--the entire staff, every day. They left me a list last month as a reminder to fill in my new calendar with some of that advice from the pages of past issues. Here's what I've written in so far:
* This month I'm trying hard to eat some chocolate (OK, I don't have to try that hard), because a Harvard University study found that participants who ate sweets lived, on average, almost a year longer that those who didn't.
* In March I'll switch cell-phone carriers and keep my old number, since regulations finally allow it.
* In April I'll clean my dehumidifier. (Then in September I'll clean my humidifier.)
* In July I'll be sure to take my scheduled vacation, because I'll be 32 percent less likely to die from coronary disease if I do. But before I go, I'll check my health- and auto-insurance policies; the Transportation Department Web site for the performance of each airline; the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Web site for cruise-ship health histories; and the State Department's current list of travel warnings. (I wonder if the government knows of a good hotel....)
* In September, if I use a chainsaw to help my brother-in-law cut firewood, I'll wear ...
- Idaho Transportation Department to Pay for Damage to Wetlands.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Olsen, Ken July 16, 1998 700+ words
...Sand Creek in 1994, the Idaho Transportation Department is conceding. To make amends...U.S. District Court. The Transportation Department also is on "environmental probation...incident." The deal calls for the Transportation Department to hold contractors to tougher...
- Biscayne Boulevard reconstruction delayed: Transportation Department officials...
- News wire article from: Miami Herald (Miami, FL) October 22, 2006 700+ words
...their economic livelihoods, Transportation Department officials agreed to postpone...Haskins' chief of staff, said the Transportation Department would provide a new timetable...Legion Park on Monday night, Transportation Department officials heard concerns about...
- Transportation Department Wants Deadline for Union Pacific Rail Improvements.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Ivanovich, David September 21, 1998 700+ words
...WASHINGTON--The U.S. Transportation Department on Friday blasted a decision...the move "precipitous." The Transportation Department, in a filing made public late...Board is an agency within the Transportation Department, which acts as an adviser to...
- Probe ends with 3% of guardrails replaced: State Transportation Department has...
- Newspaper article from: Chattanooga Times/Free Press (Chattanooga, TN) May 11, 2006 700+ words
...spokeswoman Kim Keelor said. Transportation Department officials previously had refused...by law. Ms. Keelor said the Transportation Department has recouped $800,000 of the...the replaced guardrails. The Transportation Department suspended Lu last spring from...
- Transportation Department opts for cheaper, smaller explosive-detection...
- News wire article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Hilkevitch, Jon April 24, 2002 700+ words
...CHICAGO _ The U.S. Transportation Department Wednesday slashed...specific airports. Transportation Department officials, however...17,000 pounds. Transportation Department Inspector General...
- Transportation Department opts for cheaper, smaller explosive-detection devices.
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Tribune (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) April 24, 2002 700+ words
...Hilkevitch CHICAGO _ The U.S. Transportation Department Wednesday slashed by half the...luggage at specific airports. Transportation Department officials, however, said EDS...weigh up to 17,000 pounds. Transportation Department Inspector General Kenneth Mead...
- Idaho Transportation Department to Open Wetlands-Protection Fund.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News July 30, 2002 700+ words
...ALENE, Idaho--The Idaho Transportation Department will pay $2 million to establish...representatives from the state Transportation Department, Federal Highway Administration...Army Corps of Engineers. The transportation department has been fined hundreds of thousands...
- The Transportation Department.(Slants & Trends)(Brief Article)
- Newspaper article from: U.S. Rail News April 9, 2003 700+ words
THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT has released a group...transportation system, the Transportation Department warns. The State Freight...one good strategy, the Transportation Department said. The Transportation...
- U.S. Transportation Department gives tentative OK to revised Virgin America...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 20, 2007 700+ words
...Byline: ALAN ZIBEL The U.S. Transportation Department on Tuesday removed a barrier...percent. One condition for the Transportation Department's support is that Virgin America...six months. In December, the Transportation Department tentatively denied Virgin America...
- Transportation Department Endorses Federal Control of Love Field Flights.
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Maxon, Terry December 24, 1998 700+ words
...Love to Houston in June. The Transportation Department said that it has long been a...meet the 56-seat limit, the Transportation Department said in 1996 that the jets had...company of American, said the Transportation Department's decision Tuesday does little...