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...Jazeera’s case, you’ll find that literally all of the station’s top executives—the people who draw its editorial line, produce its documentary pieces and run its day-to-day operations—have a larger than normal bone to pick with Israel and its closest ally, the United States. That’s at least in part because nearly all of upper management at Al-Jazeera is Palestinian or Jordanian (which is usually code for “Palestinian refugee living in Jordan?...
...It’s a very aggressive disease because the tumor cells replace normal cells on the bone marrow,” said Aster. “Kids have low blood counts, anemia, not enough white blood cells and sometimes also tumor masses...
...attack, looked constrained in his own system. Clearly conscious of avoiding a recurrence of last year when injuries kept him out much of the season, Crimson coaches built an offense designed to keep Fitzpatrick on the field. Absent were the crazy scrambles downfield that ended in bone-jarring hits from opposing linebackers. Replacing them were more pocket-based passes and dives at the end of carefully choreographed runs...
Kids have long been told to drink milk to build strong bones, but new research suggests that maximum bone mass doesn't come in a glass. In a small study of 72 boys and girls ages 8 to 11, English and Welsh doctors found that a combination of increasing calcium in the diet and exercise--specifically, drinking three glasses of milk a day and participating in a vigorous activity such as jumping rope or playing tag--was the best way to strengthen bones...
Twelve years ago, when Jeff Smith started writing, drawing and self-publishing Bone, a black-and-white comic about three odd-looking creatures lost in a valley of dragons, talking bugs and rat creatures, his efforts seemed like folly. But the series grew into an award-winning favorite of cool kids and hip adults. Now finished and collected as a 1,300-page softcover (Cartoon Books), Bone combines the humor and look of early Disney movies with the scope of the Lord of the Rings cycle. A former animator, Smith draws characters that are both cute and scary...