Word: ams
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Charlene Smith found the intruder in her house in Johannesburg, South Africa, she started screaming. But he had a knife, and very soon her hands were tied behind her back with rounds of thick masking tape. Then he raped her. But her ordeal was not over after he left...
That may be happening. Since 1998, the Criminal Law Amendment Act began providing for more severe punishments for rape, including life sentences for gang rapists. Furthermore, FBI officials from the U.S. are training investigators and prosecutors who will be working in 20 courts devoted to trying sex crimes. These are...
I still have a difficult time recommending an Atkins-style, high-saturated-fat diet to my patients. Though the diet does provide a quick weight loss and is very satiating, I am concerned about its possible effects on people with serious heart, liver or kidney disease and cancer. As long...
Wallace had persuaded Mann to let him see an early version of the screenplay. Now he has called to ask for factual corrections and other changes in scenes that make him look vainglorious or blind to journalistic ethics. "His language is very acute," recalls Mann. "Stunningly funny and smart and...
Thank you for the wonderfully balanced article on laser surgery to reshape the cornea and help improve vision [HEALTH, Oct. 11]. As a cornea-trained ophthalmologist who performs LASIK, I am always concerned that patients will have unreasonably high expectations because they have heard only the "good side" of the...