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...same pre-and post-op procedures but no actual treatment. Even if the placebo benefit is ignored, the study still casts doubt on surgery that succeeds only one-third of the time. Patients may be better off doing strengthening exercises and taking off a few pounds to ease the burden on their aching knees...
...escape that sort of idolatry, I write in English. Readers' adulation and expectations can be a burden for an author and lead to self-censorship. In English, I feel no expectations from old fans and no negative cultural associations. The 26 letters of the English alphabet make me a child again-naive, bold, fearless, primal. I can profane, question and break the stranglehold of traditional Chinese culture. English is my rite of passage...
...acceptable debt load. All these factors are weighted against costs of borrowing and costs of construction, which have respectively varied greatly from project to project during this time of rapid economic change. Analysis of our current situation told us that advancing the renovation schedule would have been an imprudent burden...
...will also place a smaller burden on a limited technical staff...
...several stories, he described the burden of being an immigrant’s son and an outsider. After announcing his candidacy for student body president in high school in the 1930s, for example, the vice-principal asked Lee to withdraw. In spite of his not having “a Chinaman’s chance,” according to the administrator, he won the presidency...