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...effective. Through the voice of Pug, Wouk writes that the world's destiny rests on a pathetically simple hope: "Most people, even the most fanatical and boneheaded Marxists, even the craziest nationalists and revolution aries, love their children, and don't want to see them burn up." Those who lived through World War II can most fully appreciate the resonances in this uncommonly readable book. But it is clearly meant - and recommended - for those...
...feeding technique on which the vest is based: intravenous hyperalimentation. By using this technique, which involves pumping nutrients directly into the bloodstream, doctors are able to keep alive patients with shortened guts, inflamed bowels, and immunological defects that prevent proper digestion of food. It is also used for burn victims and people receiving drug or radiation treatment following cancer surgery. Without intravenous feeding many of these patients would die, not of their diseases, but because they were unable to eat or absorb enough food to sustain life; they would literally starve to death. In fact, doctors estimate that at least...
...Nicaraguan people, who seek a democratic route to their destiny." To Father Miguel d'Escoto, 45, an activist Maryknoll priest, the guard's barbaric tactics in destroying resistance reflected Somoza's own megalomania: "When the Sandinistas marched into León, they were applauded. That is when Somoza decided to burn the city. There was absolutely no concern for human life...
Dent, a 5-ft., 7-in., 155-lb. hummingbird of a ballplayer, can dart inside for a handoff or burn the secondary with his pass-catching...
Certainly not from oil or natural gas. Despite the current oil glut, the world's known reserves of both petroleum and natural gas are expected to be declining by the end of the century, and it would be folly to burn what remains to generate electricity. They are far too valuable as essential ingredients for plastics, fertilizers and other chemicals and as fuel for cars, trucks and planes...