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Everybody knows at least one person who's had a broken collar bone. They're among the most common fractures - I've had one myself. You might end up with a bump like mine, or sometimes a bit of pain with certain activities (for me, it's swimming the breastroke). For generations, orthopedists have treated clavicle fractures with little more than a cloth support like a sling. The vast majority healed just fine. There is an operation we can do, putting a metal plate on the bone with screws, but it's not usually necessary...
...while organic wine might be good for the earth, is it any better for your palate than regular wine? Some biodynamic wines are definitely worth the slight bump up in price, like the citrusy Patianna Sauvignon Blanc or the Domaine de la Renjarde Côtes du Rhône Villages, with its earthy berry notes. "What you are tasting is that specific soil, that sun, those grapes," says acclaimed sommelier Sterling Roig. "These wines have an incredible purity about them." Which means that after swirling your glass, you should feel free to look down your nose while sniffing...
...mark of the final period. Senior Katie Johnston poked in the rebound of a Brine wrister that caused Zilis to tumble backwards.Harvard finished with a 40-17 advantage in shots, with 19 coming from its top line of Chu, Vaillancourt, and sophomore Sarah Wilson. Chu recorded two assists to bump her nation-leading total to 44.“It’s pretty tough when you go to triple overtime [Feb. 6 at Boston College] and you lose an overtime game,†Stone said. “You start doubting yourselves and there?...
...Obama might not do too badly in that department. At his very first Iowa town meeting, he showed the courage to tell his Democratic audience things it didn't want to hear. Asked if he would cut the Pentagon budget, he said, "Actually, you'll probably see an initial bump in military spending in an Obama Administration" in order to add troops and replace the equipment lost in Iraq. Then he told a teachers' union member that he supported higher pay for teachers but also--the union's anathema--greater accountability. The crowd was silent as he said these things...
Bush's biggest bid was to cut gasoline use 20% by 2017, in part by boosting mileage requirements for cars. The way to do this, the Administration says, is not to bump up all miles-per-gallon standards equally but rather to impose car-by-car rules, depending on the model. "Let experts consider the technology and the effect on safety and jobs," James Connaughton, chairman of the White House Council on Environmental Quality, tells TIME...