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...refrigerated trucks to the medical examiner's office in midtown Manhattan for identification. Because of the number of dead, and the condition of the remains, identification is not always easy. The families of the missing have been asked to fill a seven-page form with information about the victims' dental records, scars, tattoos and inscriptions on wedding rings. Blood relatives have been asked to provide samples of their own DNA, collected with a swab from the inside of their cheeks, along with the victim's toothbrush, razor or comb--anything that might still hold a bit of their loved...
...another in tight bunches, filling the gaping auditorium with sobs. But they aren't. Assembled in the hall are thousands of the walking wounded--the hollow-eyed mothers, lovers, brothers of people who went to work two days ago and disappeared. They answer police officers' questions, they hand over dental records, they describe the meaning of obscure tattoos, they feel sick, they tear up, they pick at ham sandwiches. But only very rarely does someone begin to weep...
...These numbers extend across economic lines: In 1997 and 1998, for example, 10.6 percent of wealthiest residents in rural areas lacked health insurance, compared to 10 percent of all urban residents and 6.6 percent of suburbanites. Dental care was also a serious problem for rural dwellers; 37.6 percent of rural residents over 65 have suffered total tooth loss, compared with 25.7 percent of suburbanites and 26.8 percent of folks in cities...
...Manser's last stunt, a 1999 flight above the Sarawak capital of Kuching in a motorized hang glider. It was another desperate move by a man who was increasingly becoming irrelevant. His numerous letters to the Sarawak Chief Minister Taib Mahmud pleading reconciliation or offering to fund a mobile dental clinic for the Penan were ignored...
...summaries of research findings are written to “translate and simplify research,” says Research Matters Content Editor John Lenger, yet they sometimes link to more specialized publications such as Focus, the bi-monthly newspaper of Harvard Medical, Dental and Public Health Schools, which is “written for doctors...