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...workers and even parents whose children were abducted. When soldiers from both the (lra) and the national army, the updf, return from the bush to their homes or the defended camps, they are asked to perform a simple ceremony, stepping over branches of local trees and crushing an egg placed next to the wood. The procedure, the people claim, cleanses the soul, banishing spirits that enter the body when a person kills. Water poured in front of fighters' homes signifies that they are being welcomed back by their families. Even those northern Ugandans who don't believe in spirits...
Walk of Shame: 1. The infamous return to your dorm after passionate night in some guy’s Mather single, stomach heavy with drink and regret, and, if you’re unlucky, a newly fertilized egg. 2. Particularly hilarious for seniors leaving the Yard in the wee hours of Sunday morning...
...Plan B is a synthetic form of progesterone, a hormone commonly used in birth-control pills, and it works by by preventing ovulation, preventing fertilization of the egg, or stopping a fertilized egg from lodging in the uterus. The FDA first approved Plan B, now owned by Delaware's Barr Pharmaceuticals Inc., for use with a prescription in 1999, but the controversy erupted in 2003. That's when FDA officials rejected the recommendation of their scientific advisers and refused to grant Plan B approval for over-the-counter use. The acting director of the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research...
...same scientific process that demonstrated that the earth is round and that animal species have evolved shows beyond a doubt that a fertilized egg is a full human being. The proposition that life begins sometime after fertilization is based on convenience, not science, and clears the way for the destruction of the weakest members of society. I am a liberal Democrat and a card-carrying member of the A.C.L.U. who considers protection of the embryo a matter of civil liberties. LODOVICO BALDUCCI Tampa...
...Segway's executives are aware that novel technologies rarely establish themselves first in consumer markets. "It's a chicken or egg problem," says Klee Kleber, vice president of marketing. "People won't buy it until their peers do, and their peers won't buy one until they buy it." Marketers call this treacherous patch of a new product's path to the mass market "the chasm." Companies typically cross it by getting a foothold in a commercial market until consumers grow accustomed to the technology. The pager, for instance, was used mainly by doctors before everybody else caught...