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...Perhaps after the clamor, reflection will slowly take root. Perhaps we'll just distract ourselves with the teary family stories and the umpteenth capital-punishment pro-and-cons. Or switch off Katie, put a CD on the car stereo instead of the news. And either way, mutter afterward about how the parade of talking heads trivialized a moment of national gravity, made it into another meaningless parade, another Survivor finale - how this most intimate and public of moments was stripped of its chilling meaning. Yes, yes. And isn't that exactly what we will have wanted...
...they regularly attend church. One day, as they were just finishing services, they were praying together before leaving. As he finished reciting the prayer, he slipped the ring on her finger, saying, "And please bless me, personally, that as I ask Hillary to marry me she will say 'yes.'" Afterward, I got down on one knee and, fortunately for me, got my wish...
...warned, and if Bush didn't move to the center, he would be a one-term President. "I hear you, I hear you," Bush answered. Jeffords promised to ponder, but Bush suspected the decision had been made. "I don't think I was very persuasive," the President told Lott afterward...
...Afterward, Femmy didn't want to talk about it. People in her village, most of whom also work in processing units or mines, didn't want to know about the dangers. They were poor, and the gold brought money and jobs. So, day and night, in the hills above Manado, capital of Indonesia's North Sulawesi province, you can hear the noise from the processing units, the ore and water and stones and mercury sloshing and banging in steel barrels, the roar of the diesel motors turning the long lines of drums...
DIAGNOSIS: FEMALE Even after adjusting for all other risk factors, such as diabetes, high blood pressure and age, researchers have found that women are nearly 60% more likely than men to suffer a stroke after heart surgery--and 15% more likely to die soon afterward. Why? Researchers have no explanation...