The dietis based on the premise that grapefruit has an enzymethat burnsfat, saysAndreaN. Giancoli, a spokespersonfortheAmericanDieteticAssociation, butthatenzymehas never been pinpointed.
The U.N. mission's role in Syria was based on the premise that there would be a cessation to the violence, and failing that, "a calibration of effort in response to the situation on the ground would be appropriate, " Ban writes.
Some leaked proposals, for example, would authorize member nations, with U.N. blessing, to inspect and censor incoming and outgoing Internet traffic on the premise of monitoring criminal behavior, filtering spam, or protecting national security.