Word: curbing
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...climb into the back seat. Wiset guns the engine and the vehicle peels out from the curb with an ear-splitting squeal. We part the crowds of ravers, rastas, scammers, weirdos and the rest of the Khao San fauna before we're spat out into the dozen or so lanes of sheer automotive apoplexy that is Ratchadamnoen Avenue...
Lori Bartholomew, research director at the Physician Insurers Association of America, said it could be hard to curb the number of such occurrences due to the nature of surgical operations...
...they say exactly what they're thinking and have crystal-clear motives. Swear words and skin rarely cost viewers or ad revenue anymore, but complex stories and strong points of view are polarizing. Love-'em-or-hate-'em shows fit HBO's business model: the gleefully misanthropic Curb Your Enthusiasm is a hit for HBO because a few million people like it intensely enough to pay for it. But a network, which needs lots of eyeballs to sell to advertisers, would prefer 25 million viewers who don't dislike a show enough to change the channel. Pay-cable series also...
...than it repairs. Scientists first synthesized the drug in Germany in 1954 as an antihistamine. As a way to control allergies it was not especially effective, but it did show promise as a medication for nausea, which is why it was given to pregnant women in the 1960s to curb morning sickness. But it also caused terrible deformities in their babies. By the time thalidomide was banned in 1962, it had been blamed for severe handicaps - severely misshapen limbs, organ defects - in more than 5,000 children. Today researchers are investigating the interactions that caused those deformities to discover whether...
...elections in 1992. Given to colorful shirts much like Nelson Mandela's, Kibaki stood out among the staid besuited politicians around him on the campaign trail. A golf fanatic, he laments that a year of campaigning has led his handicap to fall from 24 to 28. If he can curb corruption and improve their lives, Kenyans won't mind if his game gets even worse...