Word: bum
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LESS IS MORE Sure, you bum a cigarette now and then, but you're not really a smoker, right? Wrong. When it comes to cardiovascular disease and lighting up, a little may be just as bad as a lot. Researchers looking at the lining of blood vessels were surprised to find the same damage whether the subjects smoked a pack a week or a pack a day. Meanwhile, the most comprehensive review to date of the effects of smoking firmly links it to a broad range of malignancies, including cancers of the stomach, liver, cervix and kidney...
...wonder he hasn't broken more than his nose, which was injured during a practice game and now requires the protection of a leather mask. On offense, Shinji Ono supplies the fancy footwork and sets up the pair of fair-haired attackers?Inamoto and the slightly disheveled beach bum of the two, Takayuki Suzuki...
...doubt remembering how Japanese fans in France were fleeced by crooked tour operators. But plans to hawk individual tickets online proved disastrous, with potential buyers unable to get onto the website. Other irate fans have complained that they still haven't received tickets they paid for months ago. A bum deal, apparently, transcends all cultural barriers...
...over whether accounting and auditing functions should coexist, whether the accounting industry needs its own watchdog group and whether measures are needed to rein in stock-option abuse. In each case, he relented only after a public outcry. Now he says tougher action is needed to protect investors from bum analyst recommendations--action that goes beyond the rules the SEC approved just last week, rules that Pitt at one time regarded as sufficient...
...land mines, even though the paths are well worn and thousands of Khmer visit every year without incident. Motorbike drivers, too, routinely discourage travelers by insisting it's too far, too expensive and there's not enough to do for the effort. They're partly right; it's too bum-numbingly far on a motorbike and, at about $150 for a day trip in a four-wheel drive, getting there in comfort is pricey. For that money, though, you get a proper guide from a reputable agency like Tamarind Tours (tamarindtours.com) or Lolei Travel (asiatours.net/cambodia) . You'll need that...