Word: diarrhea
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...bathroom, we had to run though an open space within sight of the snipers," Salah says. "Sometimes they shot at us. So we only went once a day." The only water was in three old wells in the compound. It was impure, and many in the church developed diarrhea. Dashing out to the wells was dangerous; six Palestinians were hit by Israeli snipers as they tried to draw water. No one showered or shaved...
...course, you don't need to be a genius to know that breast-feeding is good for babies. There is simply no better food for newborns. Breast-fed babies have lower rates of hospital admission, ear infection, diarrhea, rashes, allergies and other medical problems than bottle-fed tots. Another paper last week reported that breast-feeding protects against respiratory illnesses...
...seed of Mailer's last indisputably great work, The Executioner's Song, about Gary Gilmore's path to death row. Schiller figures in the book as one of the media carnivores who moved in on the story. Even if you don't count the chapter in which Schiller has diarrhea, it is not a pretty picture. Schiller says he's fine with it: "I got through that. I was no longer afraid of somebody writing strongly about me." Mailer turns to agree: "There's a subtle strength when you recognize that you no longer have to support an image...
...calculated that supporting some benighted group is a way of redoubling our reverence for them. And we know that some causes--Tibet, HIV/AIDS--are frankly more fashionable than others. Offhand, I can't think of one celebrity who has dedicated time and money to reducing the number of deaths from diarrhea, a killer throughout the developing world and one easily treated by simple, low-technology interventions...
...calculated that supporting some benighted group is a way of redoubling our reverence for them. And we know that some causes-Tibet, HIV/AIDS-are frankly more fashionable than others. Offhand, I can't think of one celebrity who has dedicated time and money to reducing the number of deaths from diarrhea, a killer throughout the developing world and one easily treated by simple, low-technology interventions...