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...Details of MPs' expenses were due to be published by the authorities in expurgated form this summer. Instead, the uncensored information reached the opposition Tory-supporting Daily Telegraph and its Sunday sister paper. The imbroglio piles on the discomfort for Prime Minister Gordon Brown, who already trails the Conservatives in public affection. A general election isn't due until the spring of 2010, but Tory leader David Cameron has called for an immediate poll. Voters "want to elect a new Parliament. Their view is that swapping one person in a funny black costume for another funny black costume...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Britain's Expense Scandal Claims Its First Big Victim | 5/19/2009 | See Source »

...treating children for chronic eczema, pediatricians may want to look in the laundry room, according to a new study published this week in the journal Pediatrics. The study reports that adding a small amount of household bleach to a child's bathwater can dramatically reduce the itching, rashes and discomfort caused by eczema...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Study: Baths with Bleach Help Kids' Eczema | 4/27/2009 | See Source »

...point, but not immediately after college. Maybe.”Mao also feels an obligation to stay in the sciences—a pressure he partly attributes to his upbringing. “I see a career in engineering as more productive,” he says. He expresses discomfort at having to compromise his writing to satisfy the industry. “Writing professionally means you have to deal with being a popular writer. I hold myself to a higher standard.” At the same time, Mao wouldn’t be happy being...

Author: By Maria Y. Xia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Do the Write Thing | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...factor in her success on the track.“Favia’s persistence comes from her ability to keep a positive attitude through hardships,” Merritt’s teammate Sean Gil said. “She can tolerate a huge amount of discomfort, and never lets it limit her performance. Deep under her bubbly personality, there is subtle and intense determination that seems to drive her to achieve.”Her presence is always well known at meets, whether it is when she is flying past her opponents, cheering for her team, or providing...

Author: By Katie Kuzma, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Merritt Inspires Crimson | 4/16/2009 | See Source »

...also feels an obligation to stay in the sciences—a pressure he partly attributes to his upbringing. “I see a career in engineering as more productive,” he says. He expresses discomfort at having to compromise his writing to satisfy the industry. “Writing professionally means you have to deal with being a popular writer. I hold myself to a higher standard.” At the same time, Mao wouldn’t be happy being “just a scientist,” saying that he will continue...

Author: By Maria Y. Xia, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Do the Write Thing | 4/15/2009 | See Source »

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