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...pages; $24.95), Eddy's first novel, everyone had better hope the answer is no. This slickly paced thriller postulates a conspiracy, called the Enterprise, between rogue elements in British and U.S. intelligence. These powerful, shadowy mavericks shake down high-rolling international crooks for big protection money and then use their law-enforcement connections to make sure the bad guys get away with their misdeeds. Which is how Grace Flint, on an undercover assignment from New Scotland Yard, gets her lovely face stomped in and many bones in her equally winning body broken during a blown operation in London...
...leads to soft bones, poor growth and seizures, is making a surprise comeback. In a study, doctors found 30 cases among black babies whose mothers had breastfed without vitamin supplements. African Americans are vulnerable because dark skin inhibits absorption of sunlight, needed to produce vitamin D. Tip for moms: use supplements--breast milk has less than 25% of the vitamin D babies need...
...Increase in the past year in the number of girls ages 12 to 17 who use the Internet...
Well, I thought - two possibilities. 1) He was out pub-crawling (though he was not drinking much that night and did not in any case get drunk), perhaps is married and didn't want to use his real name, and borrowed mine for the evening as a sort of private gag, a dumb, spur-of-the-moment stunt. 2) He makes a habit of this (how else explain what he knows about me?) - he's a sick and mischievous character, a con artist with a personality disorder. Get out the bug spray...
...seniority: Verizon also agreed to use union workers for DSL installation jobs (it had wanted to farm the high-growth area out to non-union labor to avoid strict union work rules) but won the right to choose its teams rather than automatically award the coveted task to the most senior union members...