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...random violence turned into something far more gothic. Even people without the faintest interest in the crystalline world of figure skating could not help marveling at the spectacle. Did the scrappy girl from the trailer parks, who has climbed so high and suffered so much, possibly plot to destroy her rival? Or did her violently jealous husband assemble a gang of goons to act without her knowledge but on her behalf?...And if Tonya Harding turns out to be innocent, how searing must it be that more than a few people could imagine her guilt?...Tonya Harding...
...parts. The first involves antibodies, the molecules produced to match, like a key fitting into a lock, the multiple proteins that coat the surfaces of viruses and bacteria. The more keys on the immune cell's ring, the more likely that the cell can lock onto and destroy a pathogen...
...disguise themselves and evade antibodies. The acquired immune system's counterstrategy: so-called antigen-presenting cells, including dendritic cells that latch onto invading bugs and strip them of their chemical camouflage. Thus exposed, the pathogens are prepped for destruction by killer T cells, whose job is to engulf and destroy them. The killer Ts are meanwhile lured to the site of infection in the greatest possible numbers by signaling chemicals known as cytokines, released by the dendritic cells...
...release garlic's potent compounds, you need to smash, mash or mince it. Cooking it for a long time or at a high heat may destroy its beneficial substances, however. Another caution: cooked or raw, garlic can irritate the lining of sensitive stomachs...
...Sobero. Sending U.S. troops to help wipe out Abu Sayyaf may be part of a strategy to eliminate havens of lawlessness in which al Qaeda may attempt to regroup. It's a project enthusiastically supported by the Philippine government, which has made heavy weather of its own efforts to destroy the group, and even fellow Muslim secessionists will weep few tears over the passing of Abu Sayyaf...