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...medication. After 15 minutes there was a tiny bit of cramping, but less than menstrual cramps. After two hours the cramps got stronger, and I started using a heating pad on my belly. I went to the restroom. When I started to stand up, it was like a faucet turned on. There was a steady stream of blood. I passed a golfball-size blood clot that scared me. I thought maybe it was the fetus...
...order to replace or repair the telescope's myopic primary mirror, an outdated camera, two wobbly solar-energy panels and three faulty gyroscopes, among other balky components -- 11 fixes in all. Says mission scientist Edward Weiler sardonically: "This is not a trip to Grandma's house to fix the faucet...
...drink the water," goes the old admonition to tourists visiting underdeveloped countries. But most Americans don't look with suspicion at their own kitchen faucet...
...artificial suspense, a door creaks as it is opened, only to continue creaking after it has stopped moving. Or, the tense music that accompanies impending doom abruptly stops when the running bath water is turned off (from the "Fatal Attraction" bathtub scene). But then, five seconds later, the faucet is turned back on and the tense music brings back the conditioned suspense...
Advantages: Cold, convenient. Everyone has a towel and a cold water faucet...