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Where the roadside broadens into a high meadow, families camp out under whatever shelter they can find, usually by draping tattered plastic sheets over a frame of sticks. The surrounding mountains were a major battleground during the Iraq-Iran war, and minefields are everywhere. Relief officials say dozens of refugees have been killed or maimed after straying off the road...
...breast could raise her risk of developing cancer once again. "It hit me like a club," said Cox. "Am I going to have to lose my breast twice?" She was not alone in her fear. News reports about the risks of certain breast implants set phones ringing in plastic surgeons' offices around the country. In all, 700,000 American women have had implants after cancer surgery, and 1.3 million more have had them for breast augmentation. Though only 10% had received the type of implant being called into question, virtually all were terrified by the news accounts. "It's been...
...effort to reduce waste output, the Freshman Union will replace the currently-used paper cups with reusable plastic cups in September, Michael P. Berry, director of Harvard Dining Services said yesterday...
Over the coming summer, Union officials will purchase a more efficient, higher capacity dishwasher which will allow them to wash the plastic cups. The old dishwasher's inability to wash cups prevented the Dining Services from purchasing reusable cups...
...pilot program is successful, Berry said, the Houses will also gradually switch from 8 oz. glasses to the new 12 oz. plastic cups...