Word: bends
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...common but I've seen a few in dancers and gymnasts. Stress fractures are tiny cracks in bone that seem to occur simply because the substance of the bone itself can't take the stress that's being applied-pretty much the way a paper clip you keep bending back and forth will weaken and turn whitish at the bend before it breaks in two. That white spot is a stress fracture of the metal. Bend it a few more times and the paper clip breaks in half-a completed fracture...
...regime that stretched too much to break the condemned's neck; it sometimes took as long as eight minutes for the hanged to die. New ropes brought in for later executions jerked harder on the convicted person's spine, but executioners soon noticed the cords fraying on the bend of the reinforced steel installed in the cement ceiling of the gallows. During a recent round of executions, on Sept. 6, the rope snapped after 12 hangings, sending a condemned man plummeting 15 ft. through the trap door onto the hard concrete floor below. Miraculously, he survived. "Allah saved...
...analytical reasoning.” While we ultimately agree with the philosophical thrust of the report—that general education should provide students with knowledge that will help them understand the modern world—we don’t think every course needs to bend over backwards to connect all the dots for students. Harvard students are bright enough to do that themselves...
...usual (bad) insurance which doesn't pay enough to cover expenses for the time it actually takes to educate and satisfy her. She has therefore been to at least six other doctors without learning what's wrong with her; she still thought the problem was in her legs. The "bend your back" advice must have been given to her by at least a few of the other docs, but she and the family looked wide-eyed and were firm that it was the first time they heard this...
...better for specialty remodelers, who can target deep-pocketed consumers like Mike Engel of Bend, Ore. When he decided to fix up his three-car garage, he characterized it as a "dumping ground and completely dysfunctional." So extreme was the clutter that of his three vehicles, he could fit only the Porsche inside. Engel contacted Mike Maxwell, owner of Garage Improvement, a Garage Envy dealer in Oregon, who completed the makeover this July for $15,500. Maxwell added stain-resistant rubber flooring, cabinetry, recessed lighting and a hot-and-cold water faucet so Engel could wash his cars...