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...came back, his face pinked up, he gained weight. The big blotches on his x-rays disappeared. It was miraculous. This was about ten years ago. I last saw him about a year ago. He had some nerve damage (probably from the drugs) but he just bought a new boat and was getting along fine...
...campaign holds national significance, Welch told around 15 students. Last week, Illinois Senator and Harvard Law School alum Barack Obama visited Vermont to campaign alongside Welch, drawing over a thousand supporters to a rally, Lesser added. State Republicans have hired the advertising firm responsible for the Swift Boat Veterans for Truth advertisements in the 2004 presidential election, according to Welch. The state senator characterized the race as a local referendum on the presidency. “People see this election...as an opportunity to put a check and balance on the direction in which George Bush is headed...
...have sought the help of Joshua Lamu, the nurse at the village's health clinic. He opens the exercise book in which he records new sexually transmitted infections in teenagers; the names - one per line - take up two full pages. "I think it is related to the logging boat crews," he says. Asked if there's hiv in the area, he replies: "I don't know. I can't test for it." The director of the national disease prevention and control unit, Dr. John Paulsen, believes children are at risk from hiv, but says a preventive strategy is helping them...
...voice Junelyn begs her daughter to come home. After five tense minutes of urging and promising that an abusive stepfather is out of their lives, Junelyn finally persuades her daughter to come with her - and then cries with relief. Later, the daughter says she has been on a tuna boat; she spent the previous night in a hotel room with Atto, a 20-year-old Asian sailor from the Sea Chase, who paid her for the night. Under Solomon Islands law, defiling a girl under 13 carries a life sentence, but Atto is unlikely to face prosecution. Junelyn...
...made the sophomore realize that he missed the team emphasis of volleyball.“Crew is definitely a team sport, but it also has a much more fierce individual aspect,” Crooks explains. “You’re beholden to your part of the boat, and it’s very competitive within the team. In volleyball, everyone needs to work together—that determines how well the team does. I really like that aspect of volleyball.”With some consistent prodding from Weitzen, Crooks, too, made his way over...