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...citizens of Xiaoli Village move lazily, with a languor born of chronic underemployment. They are farmers by tradition, but exorbitant taxes have leached any profitability out of their profession. So on most hot days, the local peasants sit on concrete stoops, pant legs hiked up to their thighs, fanning themselves with the latest propaganda broadsheet from Beijing and waiting for dusk to fall. For it is only at night that Xiaoli comes alive...
...breast implants be allowed back on the market after a prohibition that has lasted for the past eleven years. In 1992, the United States banned breast implants filled with silicone gel after hundreds of women complained that ruptured implants had leaked silicone into their bodies and caused long-term chronic immune system disorders. Saline implants, though less “natural” in appearance and feel, were used alternatively after...
Rothenberg spent her last years writing about her experience receiving a lung transplant which ultimately did not save her from her chronic illness...
...Dean of the College at the time, L. Fred Jewett ’57, instituted the change in housing assignments from a system where blocking groups could rank their top four House choices to a completely randomized selection process. According to Dingman, randomization solved the chronic problem of self-segregation at the Quad. “It used to be about have and have-nots,” he says. “Now I think the Quad Houses are truly representative of the student body as a whole...
...Some of the best known are the flavonoids, which grow naturally in citrus fruits, onions, apples and grapes. Researchers think flavonoids may protect against cancer. Indoles, another kind of phytochemical, are found in cruciferous vegetables (such as broccoli and Brussels sprouts) and may offer protection against a host of chronic diseases. Other phytochemicals from nature's pharmacy...