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...There may be something wrong with one of your valves," he says. "I'd like you to get some ultrasound tests." Seven days and several hundred dollars later, you learn you have mitral-valve prolapse, a condition in which the tiny flaps of tissue that keep blood from flowing backward between the chambers on the left side of the heart don't close completely. Even though you feel fine, your insurance company jacks up your premiums, citing research from the past 20 years that shows you're at greater risk of dying suddenly or suffering a stroke. Your dentist makes...
...classmates, with their half-joking jabs, have tried to convince me that the Midwest is a backward, simple hickville and it almost worked. It's a conspiracy, I tell you. But I think it's Midwesterners who are behind...
...were ready to play ball. One thing: Despite claims by NATO officials that Slobo has been socking it away in not only Switzerland but Greece, Russia, Cyprus and Lebanon, the Swiss haven?t found any money yet. Which is no reason not to cooperate when you?re bending over backward to shake that "Hitler?s banker" label...
...SKILL] They're stable and maneuverable. Can land on ceilings, fly backward and hover with pinpoint accuracy...
...watched the Democrats anoint the baby boomers in 1992 while the G.O.P. grayheads fumbled. As Bush told a fund raiser in the fall of 1997, "If I do something, I'd like to have my friends who have some campaign experience around me. It's not going to look backward. I don't want people who are cynical and scarred from my father's time...