In the credit-risk area, the weight attached to mortgages looks likely to drop by 30-50%, cutting the minimum capital requirements of banks specialising in home loans.

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Its Bellydance: Fitness for Weight Loss, Hip Drop Hip Hop--30 minutes of traditional hip- and rib-wriggling motions set to a modern, upbeat tempo--burns calories and fat, while supposedly aiding digestion.

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The reduced weight and additional gear ratios helps drop zero-to-60 acceleration time for the naturally aspirated V8 to 6.5 seconds, down from 7.2 seconds.

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Not only are you healthier as a result, your comprehensive exercise program, which includes cardiovascular and weight-bearing exercise, is preventing further weight gain and allowing you to maintain muscle mass so your metabolism does not drop significantly as you get older.

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Mr. Kampelman was a conscientious objector during World War II and did alternate service by participating in a government-funded starvation study that saw him drop in weight to 100 pounds from 160.

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The measuring sticks for the rankings are nutrition, daily calories, drop-out rates and both short- and long-term weight loss scores from published clinical studies.

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If Microsoft wants to deal a serious blow to its only major competitor in the high-end games console space, it should use some of that corporate weight to drop the price on the next Xbox and make its next console the only logical buy.

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Instead, the AHA advises dieters to drop pounds in the traditional way -- by reducing fat intake and aiming for a weight loss of two to four pounds each month.

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