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...officer," "t'mar" is "the day following today" and "bob war" is "fencing to keep cows in." Contrarily, extra syllables are sometimes inserted: "physical year" is when "financial records must be reconciled," often by the "orditor," a "state fiscal official"; "arthur rightus" is "a disease of the bone joints." Often, consonants are replaced: a "Babdist" is defined as "the opposite of a Methodist," and "partial post" is "a mailing category...
...students, Wayne L. Johnson '84 and Peter B. Strong '85, were hospitalized at Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick, Mass. Johnson suffered a fractured bone in his spine from being thrown from the car as it rolled over, he said. Strong added that he tore tendons in his knee and has a broken...
...Hyde Amendment is a bone to pro-life activists who seek a constitutional ban on abortion. But legalized abortion is the law of the land and so long as it is the right of some citizens, it should be the right...
...tens of millions of Americans who suffer sporadic or chronic backaches spent some $5 billion last year for treatments, ranging from surgery to bone-rattling manipulations. Many people will try almost anything to get relief. They will hang upside down, or turn to acupuncture and electric stimulation. Some sufferers have invested in sandals covered with tiny bumps designed to massage the nerves in their feet as a way of easing back pain...
...swallowed in pill form, the drug does help add weight, but there is no conclusive medical proof that it increases strength. The evidence is mounting, however, that steroids' often irreversible side effects include kidney, liver and heart failure, and increased vulnerability to cancer. Adolescent users can suffer crippling bone stunting and arrested sexual development. In women, steroids can lead to facial hair and deeper voices. In men, there is a danger of sterility or impotence. "Male athletes who use it take the chance of becoming eunuchs," says Dr. Robert Dugal, who runs a Montreal drug-testing...