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...impact of ovary removal on movement disorders, such as Parkinson's disease. Again, the researchers found a powerful effect: when ovaries were removed at a relatively young age, the risk of Parkinson's disease increased. For women who had both ovaries removed before age 48, there was an exact doubling of risk compared with women with intact ovaries...
...graffiti war continues unabated in other cities. New York City recently doubled sentences for graffiti offenders. Peoria, Ariz., has placed surveillance cameras in graffiti-prone areas. Philadelphia doesn't keep exact stats on graffiti crimes but says the mural-as-peacemaker model has proved its worth. In the late 1990s, the Grays Ferry neighborhood suffered an outbreak of racial violence. Golden believed the divisiveness called for a multiracial mural. Not everyone agreed. "It was a mess, a real mess," recalls Jim Helman, a white neighborhood activist. "And along comes this diminutive little thing [Golden] who promises to do this ridiculous...
...exact same venue four years later, a floundering John Kerry-weeks away from mortgaging his house to pay for his presidential bid-restarted his campaign with a searing attack on every aspect of George W. Bush's leadership, culminating in this rhetorical right hook: "I know something about aircraft carriers for real. And if George Bush wants to make this election about national security, I have three words for him he'll understand: Bring...
...candidate. Since 2005, Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma has been sacked as Deputy President, tried and acquitted of rape and embroiled in a corruption scandal over defense contracts - which might yet come to court. (Zuma maintains his innocence.) He has somewhere between three and six wives (he refuses to confirm the exact number) and a total of 17 children by nine women. At rallies of his supporters, he sings the Zulu anthem: Bring Me My Machine...
...Every two years we have a kid who’s in the exact situation, and 100 percent of them come back to Harvard and graduate, and those guys will too,” Murphy said. “Like anything else, we hope that it’ll be a learning experience...