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...When you're a writer, you want to try to avoid cliches. Unfortunately, when you're writing about marriage or family, all cliches seem to apply. Nothing has changed, and everything has changed. The marriage didn't change anything for us, or how we feel about each other, but there's been this intangible alteration in the way D.J. in particular perceives our relationship. I think the Massachusetts Supreme Court was really right, and maybe the religious right is correct to some extent, that marriage is kind of about kids. Kids value it in this way. Particularly D.J., particularly...
...anger and ironies wrap around each other. By picking someone he knew so well, Bush hoped to avoid making the kind of miscalculation his father had made with David Souter, yet now he stands accused of doing just that. And by avoiding a costly fight with the left, Bush gets one with the right. Conservatives find themselves struggling with whether they really want to whack their President when he's already down and go on the record opposing a devout Evangelical whom he trusts completely. Fight him and lose, and they prove how powerless they are to affect much...
...survive the initial catastrophe and perish in the aftermath. "We are seeing the unfolding of a pandemic in slow motion," Dr. Klaus Stohr of WHO told a group of business leaders at Deutsche Bank in New York City last month. "We can reduce the damage, but we cannot avoid...
Obviously you will not have a chance to experience healthy aging if you succumb to one of the common diseases that strike people in midlife, such as a heart attack or a tobacco-related cancer. To avoid these, you must be aware of your personal health risks, as suggested by your medical history, your family history and your medical examinations. You also need to know how to take advantage of modern preventive medicine--for example, how to make the best use of diagnostic screening tests that are now available (and to avoid tests that are not accurate or sensitive enough...
...believe without question that diet influences inflammation. The food choices we make can determine whether we are in a proinflammatory state or in an anti-inflammatory one. The anti-inflammatory diet on these pages (see box) offers specific recommendations for foods to include and foods to avoid...