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...intangible. It may become something akin to a rite of passage - the choice of a romantic, affluent minority. In fact, some already see it that way. When his patients choose to give birth naturally, even to the extent of refusing painkillers, "it's like they're climbing Everest without oxygen," says Dr. Paul Tseng, a gynecologist at Singapore's Thomson Medical Center. "They feel very powerful." And so they should - even if the real climb begins after the baby is born, naturally...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Labor Market | 3/20/2008 | See Source »

...wise words of my fellow driving-impaired friends, and psyched myself up for the big day.Sure, maybe they haven’t passed anyone...yet, I thought. Just wait until they saw my driving skills. I sat in the car, waiting for the woman from the DMV to climb in. “It’s freezing in here. Turn off the AC.”“Oh, okay, I’m sorry.” I fumbled with the temperature controls on the console, randomly smacking buttons until I hit something that seemed to stop...

Author: By Alyssa N. Wolff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Driving Miss Crazy | 3/19/2008 | See Source »

...well-muscled Leonidas—star of the mayhem-laden film “300”—claws his way up a bare rock face. The Spartan commander has only a cloak and a loincloth to protect him from the elements. Despite his formidable abdominals, the climb seems to be giving him some trouble...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Discipline, The ROTC Way | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...This is part of LDAC, by the way,” Chaney remarks, referring to the month-long leadership test all cadets must complete following their third year of instruction. “You’re going to have to climb a mountain like this, with a cape billowing around your ears...

Author: By Christian B. Flow, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Discipline, The ROTC Way | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

...October 2003, O’Sullivan was the victim of a terrorist attack when rockets hit the Hotel Al-Rashid, where many senior Coalition officials lived in Baghdad. Debris blocked her door, and she was forced to climb out of the window and crawl along a ledge 10 stories up to escape the building, she remembered...

Author: By Nini S. Moorhead, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: There and Back Again | 3/18/2008 | See Source »

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