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...ulcerous inflammation of the upper bowel. Their heavy long-term use can promote osteoporosis--progressive bone disintegration. They also suppress the body's immune system, leading to the kind of serious infections Kennedy frequently suffered. But other common side effects are hair that stays thick and dark, plus skin that turns the yellow-gold of a permanent suntan. Another would be intensified sexual drive. All of which suggest that Kennedy's very Kennedy-ness was partly a side effect of his medication...
...nature uses virtually the same nails and screws, the same hammers and power tools to put an embryo together." With this knowledge under our belt, it is irresponsible if not morally reprehensible for us to continue exploiting other species for our selfish purposes. Whether we slaughter animals for food, skin them for clothing or goad them into entertaining us at the circus, we can no longer deny our kinship with them. CHRISTINA J. JOHNSON Long Beach, Calif...
...role for the movies (it's much less prominent in Tolkien's version), but the Fellowship is still as much a boys' club as Augusta National. And whiter too. Don't let all the heartwarming Elf-Dwarf bonding between Legolas and Gimli fool you. The only people with dark skin in Middle-earth are the Orcs...
That may be overstating the situation, but what is clear is that the cleanup is under way. Lawmakers in a dozen states have introduced bills to ban the sale of junk food in schools. Some districts have gone organic, while others bake fries and skin chicken. Anti-tobacco lawyers, who gave advice for a suit against McDonald's filed by a group of obese New York teens (see box), are threatening similarly aggressive actions against a school board near you. Congress is gearing up to take a hard look at school meals when it reauthorizes the $6.4 billion government-funded...
...most common injuries cited are “cuts, scrapes, lacerations, bruises, contusions and road-rash [skin abrasion],” as well as “fractures, sprains-strains and dislocations...