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...enough respect from the teams that we play, but nationally—or even with students around campus—people cringe when they hear your record,” said captain back Liza Barber. “You don’t want to have to explain yourself...
...Ministry of Foreign Affairs said: "We'd like to express our deepest concerns and hope the incident won't negatively impact Taiwan-US relations." Keyser's boss, Kelly, says he wasn't informed of any of Keyser's contacts with the agents. Keyser's friends are struggling to explain the situation. "Don Keyser is a man of impeccable integrity and patriotism," says Lord, "That's why I don't understand what's going on." Neither, apparently, does...
...Cabana and his colleagues believe, is that parents are bombarded by television advertisements that encourage them to buy products such as air and carpet fresheners, ionizers and other remedies that are often expensive but medically unnecessary. And doctors may not always take the time, or have the time, to explain to parents what will and won't work in their child's particular case. For example, allergies are usually a problem for older children with asthma, while kids aged 5 and younger more frequently have trouble with viral respiratory infections. So make sure you understand what's really triggering your...
...month had hoped to drain recruits from al-Sadr's Mahdi militia by hiring 15,000 Sadr City men to clean the district's filth-filled streets. When a truce between coalition forces and al-Sadr broke down, however, the work project collapsed. The state of the district helps explain, Chiarelli says, why "a guy in Sadr City feels there is no hope." There's sewage in his yard, he gets one hour of electricity out of six, and he has no job. "If someone offers him money to shoot an RPG at Americans," Chiarelli says, "I would imagine...
...door-to-door brush sales came to naught - that's a terrible predicament. Compounding matters was the slipped disc in her neck. "I was in constant physical pain for about three years. It's annoying and very tiring and it makes you very bad-tempered," and, she says, may explain her reputation as a prickly interview. What broke her suicidal spell that day was the sound from a neighboring flat of a man singing a twee Scottish song, Mhairi's Wedding. The prospect of jumping out of a window to the lyrics, "Step we gaily, on we go ?" was more...