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...skeptic accustomed to conventional medicine quickly misplaces all familiar landmarks when trying to assess the possible medical value of such treatments. Surely the notion that your entire body can be treated via the feet stretches credence to the breaking point -- especially when you consider that chiropractors say the same thing about the spine, while iridologists (yes, another specialty) say the eyes are the windows to your inner health. Why, there are even acupuncturists who claim you can treat virtually any spot in the body by poking needles at various points around...
...Sept. 11, Bush and his advisers met with Republican congressional leaders and phoned other lawmakers of both parties to assess the situation. "They were afraid to oppose Israel's request unless the President showed that he would go all the way, take the debate out of the backrooms, where the lobby almost always wins, and take it to the American public," a White House official said...
...administrators plan to meet again in October to assess the success of the current promotions and to design activities for the winter as well said John Venesiano, director of sports information...
This is the other Cannes festival -- the 38th International Advertising Film Festival. Here some 4,500 art directors, copywriters and filmmakers gathered to assess nearly 4,000 of the world's top television commercials. Schmaltzy or sexy, slick or surreal, suspenseful or satirical, the hottest spots were awarded 80 gold, silver or bronze "Lions" by a 23-member international jury...
This is embarrassing to admit, but this review is a little late. I was supposed to assess all of this year's baseball books, weighty tomes like Mickey Mantle's most recent epic, a reminiscence in the manner of Marcel Proust, My Favorite Summer 1956. But dazzled as I was by his emotionally evocative sentences ("I met up with Billy at the St. Moritz coffee shop for a quick cup of coffee"), I confess that I yielded to temptation. Instead of scrupulously working my way through a pile of new books as oversized as Cecil Fielder's strike zone...