Word: containment
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Cough syrups can damage children's teeth, and it's not necessarily the sweeteners in them that do it. Many over-the-counter remedies that contain antihistamines are slightly acidic in nature, and a new study showed that this acid can cause cavities in healthy tooth enamel. Fortunately, fluoride counteracts the problem, so make sure your children brush their teeth after swallowing cough syrup. Also try giving the medication with meals, when the body's natural production of saliva helps protect the teeth...
...they are commercials, peddling primitive stories with comfortable emotions. Today's typical filmmaker is a moneychanger in a fine old temple. And Altman, ostensibly the iconoclast, is actually the idealist, the conservative, keeping the faith, fighting to preserve what's best in movies: the sense that the screen can contain...anything. As Streep and Tomlin, finally in unison, said at the end of their Oscar introduction, "You leave his movies knowing that life is many things at once...
...Shi’ite] extremism is concerned, we’ve got to contain Iran," Abizaid said. "And I said contain it. I didn’t say invade...
...Pope's pursuit of his newfound calling as Islamic interlocutor will be tricky, theologically and politically. Unlike the holy books of Judaism and Christianity, the Koran and Hadiths contain verses precisely regulating the conduct of war and exhorting Muslims to wage battle against various enemies. The bellicosity of some Koranic passages owes much to the fact that they were written at a time when Muslims were engaged in almost constant warfare to defend their religion. But when suicide bombers today go to their fates with the Koran's verses on their lips, it invites questions about Islam's credentials...
...Siedlecki said. “Defensively you can’t just say you have to stop Clifton Dawson. [Harvard has] a lot of threats. You have to have a gameplan that accounts for everything they can do.”The Bulldog defense that will try to contain every threat is led by the Abare brothers. Linebacker Bobby leads Yale with 71 tackles, 7.5 for a loss, and has four interceptions, two of which he returned for touchdowns. Defensive back Larry is second in tackles with 67.But the Bulldogs are giving up over 376 total offensive yards a game...