Word: cheltenham
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Some nearly have. Take the case of the 25-year-old woman from Cheltenham, England, who developed a near fatal infection four days after her tongue was pierced. Most tongues swell--often as much as double their normal size--when they're punctured; hers grew so fat it became trapped against the roof of her mouth and pushed her epiglottis, a flap of tissue that keeps food from entering the lungs, against the back of her throat, cutting off her air supply. When antibiotics failed to reverse the swelling, oral surgeons had to force a tube through her nose...
...However, this does not excuse us from cautioning our youngsters about the physical and emotional repercussions of engaging in sex without commitment. We parents can only provide guidelines, but open communication with our children will help them make wise decisions about their sexual behavior and their future. ADRIENNE COCCAGNA Cheltenham...
...thought the change of venue might work," says Blondie. It didn't. Colbert wasn't Hakim and wouldn't say he was. So, with Colbert's house keys in hand, Ryan and Blondie then traveled outside their jurisdiction to search Colbert's apartment in the close-in suburb of Cheltenham. When nothing incriminating was found, the cops returned to headquarters and released Colbert--after six hours of terror. "Let us catch you around here again," Colbert recalls Blondie's saying, "and we'll kill...
Some Tories in the genteel spa town of Cheltenham staged a rebellion when | they discovered that the candidate designated to run in the next general election is black. A local party member, Bill Galbraith, reportedly described nominee John Taylor, 38, a lawyer and a former government adviser on race relations, as "a bloody nigger." Others claimed that the nomination had been "bulldozed" through by a national party eager to elect its first nonwhite representative since...
...party and local leadership promptly condemned the racist slurs and rallied around Taylor. But having promised upon his election to build "a country that is at ease with itself," Major was reminded by the Cheltenham rebels just how hard that task is going...