As Reason's Jacob Sullum points out, that means that while New Yorkers will no longer be able to ingest 240 calories drinking a 20-ounce Coke, they will still have no trouble buying a 24-ounce, 520-calorie double-chocolatey frappucino at Starbucks, or a 20-ounce, 800-calorie milkshake.
In order to have a corresponding ounce-to-ounce spread trade in the futures market, a trader who is looking for the spread to narrow would buy two 50-ounce platinum futures contracts and simultaneously sell one 100-ounce gold futures contract.
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"The equivalent of a half ounce, which is about a third of a candy bar, or a couple of Hershey Kisses will do it, " Waterhouse said.
Put one way, these refunds are no more than a milligram of a cure, when a full ounce of prevention over the last decade might have prevented a ton of pain.
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As an example simvastatin taken daily with a 7 ounce glass of grapefruit juice, can result in up to a 330 percent higher concentration of drug in the body compared to taking it with water alone, potentially leading to a serious and and potentially life threatening complication called rhabdomyolysis which can lead to kidney failure.
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Yet, sellers and buyers agreed to exchange more and more dollars for a single ounce of gold.
Adding just one-sixteenth of an ounce of Doritos to a 7-ounce bag could cost tens of thousands of dollars every week.
Gold futures fell slightly, down 30 cents, or 0.02%, to 1, 723 a troy ounce, while crude-oil prices gained 2.24, or 2.3%, to 100.91 a barrel.
She should place just a tiny ounce of trust in someone like Michonne who risked her own life to save her and care for her all winter long.
Roared on by thousands of local fans in bright sunshine, di Centa found a final ounce of energy in the last 300 meters to win the punishing men's 50km freestyle by just 0.8 seconds.
"I think that animal proteins provide essential nutrients that you are able to get in a unique package of foods for, let's say, about 200 calories -- a three ounce serving of meat, " Rodriguez said.
Despite the yellow metal hitting new highs in the face of a surging dollar (so much for historical correlations), sentiment remains depressed and most investors we speak with have yet to purchase a single ounce of gold.
That is, if the mayor really wanted to limit consumption, he would propose a soda tax that is on a per ounce basis and the revenue could be used in programs to educate people about healthy eating.
For the truly worried then, the optimum solution for owning gold is 10th oz Maples because, hey, you could actually do your shopping with a 10th oz Maple on the day before the world ends, something which would prove tricky with a single ounce coin.
You could redeem a thousand of them for a one-ounce gold coin similar to a Krugerrand.
An alert reader compared the Super Big Gulp with a true 44-ounce container from a competitor and it came up four ounces short. 7-Eleven confirmed it did make the change.
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In the past, he would typically consume a salad, a bowl of onion soup, a 14-ounce rib-eye steak with french fries, vegetables, bread and butter and a dessert--all washed down with diet Coke.
Thank goodness for gold always telling the truth, and for those who doubt its constancy as a measure of value, an ounce in 1971 bought 15 barrels of oil, and an ounce today buys a little over 16.
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Beverage makers, restaurateurs, minority advocates and other critics told a judge the upcoming 16-ounce limit was a finger-wagging incursion on consumer choice, rife with inconsistencies that would cost a hot dog vendor business while still allowing New Yorkers to buy belly-buster sodas at the chain convenience store next to him.
In the study, when a longtime omnivore consumed an eight-ounce steak and a carnitine supplement, both his bacteria and TMAO levels rose considerably.
In a McDonald's near Yankee Stadium, Dave Rodriguez, 35 years old, sipped a 32-ounce sweet tea.
Elkay executives thought filling a 16-ounce bottle should take less than 10 seconds to prevent boredom and distraction.
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Walking out of Popeyes, James Watson and John Lopez were caught red-handed with a 21-ounce iced tea and soda.
The Monster spokeswoman said that on a per-ounce basis, Monster contains half the caffeine of some cups of coffee.
To compare, a 16-ounce Starbucks Grande has 330 milligrams, according to Consumer Reports.
Mr. Awn doesn't advocate drinking a 12-ounce glass of kombucha in one sitting.
By comparison, a 16-ounce cup of Starbucks coffee has 330 milligrams of caffeine.
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