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...children participating in the study were not well-informed about the amount of mercury their children would be exposed to. But Harvard Medical School Professor of Neurology David C. Bellinger, lead author of the study, says, “All I can say is based on the way amalgam was used in this study in the amounts it was given over the five years following, we did not see any increased health problems.” Half of the children received mercury amalgam fillings which are approximately 50 percent mercury. The other half of the group received white composite resin...
...parties, some of which have ties to Iran. (Election results released last week showed that Sunni Arab parties will hold 55 seats in the new parliament, up from 17 in the previous one.) Abu Noor al-Iraqi, a leader of the Unified Leadership of Mujahedin, a new amalgam of four nationalist guerrilla outfits, tells TIME that "when al-Zarqawi's group threatened to attack the polling centers, we stood against them...
...part, but with so many of the torchbearers opting to wear dresses, the festival has earned the moniker Transvestite Tuesday. Last year, one such lovely was Tavish Scott, Member of the Scottish Parliament, who looked ravishing in a luminous green tutu. The climax of the day is a terrifying amalgam of Lord of the Flies and the pilgrimage to Mecca...
...part, but with so many of the torchbearers opting to wear dresses, the festival has earned the moniker Transvestite Tuesday. Last year, one such lovely was Tavish Scott, Member of the Scottish Parliament, who looked ravishing in a luminous green tutu. The climax of the day is a terrifying amalgam of Lord of the Flies and the pilgrimage to Mecca. The galley is placed in the center of a children's playground; the men move into a carefully choreographed spiral; then, on cue, they toss in their torches and with a roar, the ship goes up in a blaze...
...Never Let Me Go is a horror novel, but it's less about fear than it is about a deep, existential sadness that the world is such a horrifying place. By the time you learn the secret it's much too late: you've been drawn into this strange amalgam of science fiction and high literature...