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...folks who have suffered previous incidents of thrombosis or who have close family members with a history of the disease. But other factors can also increase the likelihood of DVT. Age is important, says Patrick Kesteven, a consultant hematologist at Newcastle?s Freeman Hospital. A person in his mid-20s has a less than one-in-10,000 chance of developing DVT; by 75, the risk is closer to one in 1,000. Also at higher risk: people who have suffered or are suffering from cancer, women taking contraceptive pills and women who are pregnant or have recently given birth...
...HUPD units were dispatched to the Kennedy School of Government to investigate a reported theft of a wallet. The suspect was described as a black male, 5'7-8", with a stocky build, in his early 20s, wearing a dark jacket and black pants. Officers were unable to locate the suspect...
...husband Boesman, projecting her will and power over him. Berry, who was blacklisted in 1951 by the House of Un-American Activities, left Boesman and Lena as a last testament of his artistry and political commitment. Berry's work in theater began early. In 1946, in his early 20s, Berry was a touring director for both Richard Wright's productions of Native Son and How Deep are the Roots, which was the first production to ever feature a white woman kissing a black man in America. Fugard describes Berry as "a man who had a burning sense of injustice." This...
Luckily, Martha Stewart isn't purely about nostalgia for Sally Homemaker of the '50s. Note her corps of gardeners and army of staffers, and it quickly becomes apparent that she is selling nostalgia for the decadent '20s, or perhaps the Gilded Age of innocence. The miracle is, unlike the J. Peterson catalogue, Martha sells it for the price of a mass-produced appliance. She flawlessly melds nostalgia for the do-it-yourself mom of the Cold War--who single-handedly built and stocked a bomb shelter with attractive canned goods--with nostalgia for the Great Gatsby mansions of an earlier...
Martha's brilliant because she says you can buy opulence at Kmart, thus allowing your sensible '50s wallet to purchase the decadence of the roaring '20s. And, at that price, who wouldn...