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...bites, where the rods of the external fixator held the bones in place for the first two months after her legs were broken. That came off June 26, she recalls. Lynch has a crisp memory for dates: how long she was in which hospital, which day she made which breakthrough--everything except the first, darkest moments of her captivity. Of those, she says she has no recollection. Otherwise, she is organized, thorough, precise. Perfect qualities for a supply clerk. And she is pale, skinny, with thin, straight legs that look as if they would be easy to snap. Hardly ideal...
...peace process until the power struggle between President Chandrika Kumaratunga and Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was resolved. Kumaratunga has accused Wickremesinghe of conceding too much in the negotiations with the separatist Tamil Tigers. Sri Lanka: Peace in The Balance Diabetes Hope U.S. Massachusetts General Hospital scientists announced a breakthrough that may lead to a cure for insulin-dependent diabetes. The researchers were able to not only halt, but even reverse, the progress of the disease in diabetic mice by injecting them with spleen cells from healthy mice...
...boulder--immovable at first, but when he gets rolling, it's with considerable force. Told that Lewis believes he needs just one radio hit to establish him in the public's mind as a major artist (Lewis cites Neil Young's Old Man as an example of such a breakthrough), Adams snaps to attention. "The other day I was reading this article about Beck," he says. "He's tremendous. But he's been on this tour where he's playing his new record, and still, pretty much the last song he has to play is that Loser song...
Especially now. The injury couldn’t have come at a worse time for Turano. He was ready, by all accounts, to have a breakthrough senior year...
...Paul stepped up and had his best performance of the season to help round off our team score,” Bienvenu said. “[He] is a very talented runner, and it is these kind of breakthrough performances by our freshmen that show how much young talent we have on our team...