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...People have been traveling for centuries in the name of health, from ancient Greeks and Egyptians who flocked to hot springs and baths, to 18th and 19th century Europeans and Americans who journeyed to spas and remote retreats hoping to cure ailments like tuberculosis. But surgery abroad is a fairly modern phenomenon. As health costs rose in the 1980s and 1990s, patients looking for affordable options started considering their options offshore. So-called "tooth tourism" grew quickly, with Americans traveling to Central American countries like Costa Rica for dental bridges and caps not covered by their insurance. (A large percentage...
...story, "A Life in Books Recalled," misspelled the name of an author quoted in the piece. Her name is Anne Bernays, not Anne Bernay...
...make brief speeches. Their political inexperience is revealed by their language, which is absurdly over the top. Opponents of the SOFA are denounced as "enemies of Iraq" and "antinationals." There are ad hominem attacks on some of the politicians opposed to the agreement. The IIP is not mentioned by name, but nobody here is in any doubt that most of the vitriol is aimed at it. Some of the speakers come out of left field, attacking Kurdish political parties that actually do support the SOFA...
...everything,” said an elderly Allston resident at the celebration. “I wish they had this then.” —Staff writer Vidya B. Viswanathan can be reached at viswanat@fas.harvard.edu. CORRECTION APPENDED The Nov. 24 story, "Residents Celebrate Education Portal," misspelled the name of one of the students in the program and stated that the undergraduate mentors are volunteers when in fact they receive stipends...
...Iraq (SOI), one of nearly 100,000 Sunnis recruited by the U.S. military to fight al-Qaeda. Saif Abdallah (not his real name) is paid about $300 a month, and works with a group of 20 others somewhere north of Baghdad. His job? "Some patrols, some checkpoints," he says with a familiar shrug. "The work is not hard." (See pictures of five years of U.S. troops in Iraq...