... year of . . . peak production), the number of cases of this type dropped from 220 to 87- (179). Page 9 V OLUME III, N UMBER 3, W INTER 1999 F O R B I D D E N F R U I T ✦ 449 The 55-Mile-per-Hour Speed Limit A more prosaic example of the reaction to laws that reduce the freedom of all in order to correct the harmful behavior of a few is the imposition of a 55-mile-per ... -hour speed limit on the interstate highway system. In 1973, in response to the oil shock, the federal government reduced the speed limit to 55 miles per hour; in 1987 it allowed the states to raise it again. Because s...

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... regarding safety. As a result, high schools initiated driver education courses all over the country to both instruct these new drivers and hopefully limit the number of accidents. Although some of these programs had been around for some time, safety began to emerge as an important component ... speeds Americans could reach with their cars, it became only natural that a sector of American society would become infatuated with the principles of speed--more specifically, how fast one could go in comparison to others. It is this sector of society that contributed to what became known as ... ...

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... be the one that really works" and attracts even those who have tried them all. "Fad" diets such as the low- carbohydrate diet, meal replacement shakes, and pills designed to speed up the metabolism may have some beneficial qualities. However, it is a respected idea among many professional dietitians that the best ways to maintain good health are to eat a balanced diet ... when the body enters starvation mode. It can cause fatigue, constipation, nausea, and vomiting and eventually lead to heart disease, bone loss, and kidney damage . Also, this diet places no limit on the amount of satur...

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