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...room, where ambient music plays and tea lights flicker. Upon the elapse of some decent, manageable labor, she pushes out her baby with honest grunts. While that may be true for some, for most women natural childbirth is one of the most violent physical traumas they will ever experience, bar a serious accident or grievous assault. The average length of labor for a first-time mother is anything from seven to 12 hours, but it can easily be 20 hours or more. During that time, she is wracked by contractions - a euphemism that doesn't even come close to conveying...
Kevin Carroll Lost limbs are no bar to competing or excelling at sports, thanks to improved spare parts...
Polis Sucos, Rua Maria Quitéria 70A (021-2247-2518), in Ipanema, is a discreet juice bar that serves the freshest juices you'll ever have, as well as the best sandwiches. Favorites include the tangerine juice and the açaí shake...
...explanation for the increase—that, moreover, it may be nothing more than a “blip.” There is no clear evidence that this year’s uptick in teen pregnancy is anything more than an anomaly. However, amid the abstractions of bar charts and regression lines, we forget that each of these cases represents a taxing situation for young mother and child—whether intended or accidental. So whether or not this report stands up to statistical scrutiny, it seems prudent to consider how best to address its purported consequence: a larger...
...Jimmy Carter raised the bar on what an ex-President can do, and Bill Clinton is trying to meet it or exceed it," said presidential historian Douglas Brinkley, whose book The Unfinished Presidency documents Carter's post-White House years. "He's not just playing on the cult of his celebrity," said Brinkley. "He's built a sophisticated nongovernmental organization that is getting real results, and raising untold amounts of money for causes." Says Brinkley, "It's pretty hard to argue with his success. Even his worst critics would have to say he's been an extraordinary ex-President...