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...need to be a shoulder to cry on," says the Rev. Scott Stevens, a licensed marriage and family therapist in Willimantic, Conn. "But if after a few months the venting is not getting better, tell them you're not going to listen to ex bashing." He says it's crucial to let each party know you are not going to act as a go-between: "Explain that there are now two different, separate relationships, and you won't be a source of information about each other...
...Crimson, though, returned the favor in the fourth quarter. A crucial Harvard turnover led to seven of the Mountain Hawks’ 15 unanswered points in their 36-35 come-from-behind victory...
...handshake or an autograph, and just like old times, he charmed the locals on a late-night run to McDonald's. After warmup music that included (to sniggers from the audience) Kiss Me and Uptown Girl, his speech was a TelePrompter-free tour de force that gave crucial support to Blair on his other exposed flank - Iraq. All week delegates had been voicing unease about George W. Bush's push toward war and what Blair admitted was a "fear it's being done for the wrong motives." They didn't like being out of the European mainstream, which was summed...
...advisory panels often have near-final say over crucial health questions. If Hager becomes chairman of the 11-member Reproductive Health Drugs Advisory Committee, he will lead its study of hormone-replacement therapy for menopausal women, one of the biggest controversies in health care. Some conservatives are trying to use doubts about such therapy to discredit the use of birth-control pills, which contain similar compounds. The panel also made the key recommendation in 1996 that led to approval of the "abortion pill," RU-486-a decision that abortion foes are still fighting. Hager assisted the Christian Medical Association last...
...federal Iraq. Turkey fears that those demands are a prelude to a push for full independence. Obviously, even if that's something they'd ultimately prefer, it's not something the Kurds can actually say, because they need U.S. support. And the U.S. won't get the crucial support of Turkey if the outcome of a war would be Kurdish independence in Iraq. So even when asked privately about independence, Kurdish leaders will simply say "It's not in our interests to even talk about that right now." But it's sensitive, because in their heart of hearts, many Kurds...