Word: stroke
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...over which people feel largely powerless--terrorist cells in the suburbs, underground Iraqi bioweapons labs--a fixation on solvable, specific mysteries is strangely soothing? The public may not yet have made much of a difference capturing terrorists, but thanks to mass alerts that deputized thousands of citizens at a stroke, it has succeeded in bringing home a child or two. At least it's something. At least it makes a dent...
...over which people feel largely powerless - terrorist cells in the suburbs, underground Iraqi bioweapons labs - a fixation on solvable, specific mysteries is strangely soothing? The public may not yet have made much of a difference capturing terrorists, but thanks to mass alerts that deputized thousands of citizens at a stroke, it has succeeded in bringing home a child or two. At least it's something. At least it makes a dent. Exactly how big a dent is hard to know. The statistics on child abductions are unreliable, unable to settle the matter of whether such crimes are growing more common...
...Effleurage: A two-handed Swedish-massage technique using a smooth, gliding stroke to relax soft tissue...
...with any major medical announcements, there are caveats and complications. The WHI wasn't designed to look at short-term use during menopause, for instance. But the principal message is this: taking estrogen and progestin for years in the hope of preventing a heart attack or stroke can no longer be considered a valid medical strategy. (For a detailed look at the pros and cons of hormone therapy for various conditions, see the chart on pages...
...saris. Indians invested by the millions in his Bombay-listed Reliance Industries, a sprawling conglomerate with $12.3 billion in annual sales that recently became India's first privately owned entrant to the Fortune 500. When Ambani died on July 6 at age 69 after nearly two weeks in a stroke-induced coma, the country's media recounted his rags-to-riches life as an Indian morality play...