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...detemig^i (digress). The point is that what we don?t know can diminish us; that the world is full of wonders we haven?t noticed; that there are plenty of exemplary people who don?t get into People - though Phyllis did grace the pages of Life magazine in 1953. In fact, Phyllis lived one of the fullest, most fascinating lives I know. And I?m sure I don?t know a tenth of what she did. But what I know was choice. I think it?s worth sharing with readers who could benefit from learning about an extraordinary lady...
...life came from Chairman Mao of China. When I went there, at a time when nobody wanted to touch China with a 10-foot pole, Mao told me that I'm beautiful because I'm a natural, and he said natural is perfection. So, no character assassination can diminish me and my perfection...
...book itself could make much difference. Yet, astonishingly enough, nothing so far written about the book has stolen its sense of immediacy or muffled its sound of authenticity. Not even the remembered massive coverage?from the first unblinking TV hours to the 888-page Warren Commission report?can diminish the power of Manchester's all-encompassing narrative...
...affects older people disproportionately. When a younger body warms up, the blood vessels expand and blood flows to the skin, dissipating heat. With age, blood vessels tend to thicken and stiffen, making them less able to expel heat. Sweating, another key way of giving off heat, also tends to diminish with age and with getting out of shape. "Basically, the elderly are vulnerable to heat both because they have greater difficulty in regulating their core temperature and because increased prevalence of diseases and medicines impair the ability to dissipate heat," says Dr. Samuel Durso, associate professor of geriatrics at Johns...
...Hrdy said she hopes the media attention will diminish for the second issue, scheduled for release at the end of the fall 2004 semester...