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...sixteenth-century mystic Nostradamus. An e-mail that landed in many in boxes in the weeks after the attack quotes what it calls a prediction of the French astrologer’s: “In the City of God there will be a great thunder, / Two brothers torn apart by Chaos, while the fortress endures, the great leader will succumb, / The third big war will begin when the big city is burning...
...back. Time enough for her to tell us in narration that she frequently breaks up with Hao-hao, but he always tracks her down. He begs her to come back and, as if hypnotized, she always returns. Turns out she does p.r. for a nightclub and is torn between Hao-hao and Jack, an older man who visits the club. Mad with jealousy, Hao-hao checks Vicky's telephone bills, receipts, even her smell, for signs of extracurricular activity...
What spells the difference between couples like the Lowrys and those who feel torn apart by the burden? One factor is a couple's goals at the start of their marriage, suggests David Leckey, 53, a writer and the husband of Margaret Neal, 49, a gerontologist who studies caregiving. "If you go into a marriage thinking, 'This is about me and my wife,' family is a drag on that. We're into the idea of the extended family, that it's all part of the package," he says of his marriage of 13 years. Three years ago, Leckey supported...
...worse than those of penicillin and tetracyclines. Common complaints associated with the drug are nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. About 3% of patients in clinical trials had to stop taking it because of stomach pain, skin rashes, lightheadedness or headache. Fewer than 1% experienced the more severe events, including the torn tendons, hallucinations and seizures...
...help the traumatized survivors. "I would never think of going aboard a boat again," says Ihab, who has been granted refugee status by the U.N. and is now waiting for an offer of asylum. In the grimy Jakarta hotel that houses last week's survivors, men still in torn, dirty clothes stand alone or in small groups, staring dazedly at the ground or weeping quietly. Speaking on the hotel's single phone, a woman is rocking back and forth, barely able to utter more than a few words between sobs of anguish...