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...doctors know for sure about colon cancer, which is that early detection saves lives. So get screened, starting at least by age 50 (earlier if you have a family history of the cancer). The simplest tests look for blood in the stool. The more involved tests examine the entire length of the colon for suspect lesions...
Ravelstien, Bellow's first full-length novel in more than a decade, is loosely based on his friendship with Alan Bloom who was best known for his mid-1980's cultural commentary The Closing of American Minds in which he bemoaned the worthlessness of the modern liberal arts university education...
...High-tech, full-length bodysuits designed to mimic a shark's skin in water have created a hubbub in Australian swimming because they are said to improve race times by up to three percent. When Olympic 1,500 meters champ Kieren Perkins put on the suit he sped to his fastest 400 meters freestyle time...
What we are doing is, quite frankly, stupid. In the U.S., in the year 2000, when we decide that an individual has committed a crime we lock him inside a room, a compound of buildings for some length of time. Though men used to comprise the vast majority of the prison population, women are now the fastest growing group of prisoners.) He will have minimal contact with members of his family and his community. His living environment will be chaotic, overcrowded, noisy, brutal. Typically, he will not be educated--though more than half of all prisoners are functionally illiterate, only...
Since last August they have also followed him off the grounds of St. Elizabeths (recently renamed the Commission on Mental Health Services) whenever Hinckley is allowed supervised day-trips, which have run in length up to eight hours. Prosecutors objected to this, but an appeals court overruled them. Hinckley has gone to shopping malls, restaurants and the beach. But the newest development is the most chilling. Last week the hospital requested that Hinckley be allowed visits unsupervised by hospital staff, one day a week, on a Saturday or Sunday, to be with his parents. While Secret Service agents will tail...