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...store. I don't have time to shop so I grabbed a pair of tights and figured I would try them on at home. I put them on and I can't get them on. I try to put these on and it's like a tourniquet ... So I thought, what is this garment? I started to do the research. It is in fact body-shaping underwear and it says things on the website like, "It's power panties." The only thing I could think, truly, is that if women had power, they wouldn't need Spanx. Aren...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Q&A: Best-Selling Author Lisa Scottoline | 11/30/2009 | See Source »

...North Korean economy contracted by 1.1% in 2006, according to South Korea's central bank, and a bad harvest has worsened chronic food shortages, say North Korea watchers. Lee has pledged to maintain humanitarian aid to the North. But if Pyongyang's plight continues to worsen, Lee's tourniquet on other potentially vital economic arteries could force the Kim regime to heel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Mr. Sunshine | 4/10/2008 | See Source »

...Most battlefield casualties come from hemorrhagic shock—or “bleeding out”—caused by a bomb blast or a gunshot wound. If the bleeding occurs in an area where a tourniquet cannot provide adequate constriction, rapid blood loss can occur...

Author: By Nathan C. Strauss, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: From the Battlefield to the Bench | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...tied a tourniquet around his penis to stop the bleeding and continued working for two more hours, until 5 a.m., the report said...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Z Square Assault Account Raises Questions | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

Zebny said he was skeptical of some aspects of the victim’s story, including the fact that a tourniquet was readily available and the fact that the victim would wait over two hours to contact police after the initial result...

Author: By Mauricio A. Cruz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Z Square Assault Account Raises Questions | 7/20/2007 | See Source »

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