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...there are circumstances that make Hannah's case a bit unusual. For one thing, she received an unusually large number of vaccines in 2000 (when thimerosal was still in use). Because of a series of ear infections, Hannah had fallen behind in the vaccine schedule, so in a single day she was given five inoculations covering a total of nine diseases: measles, mumps, rubella, polio, varicella, diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, and Haemophilus influenzae. "That was just too many vaccines," says Terry Poling. "I didn't find out for several months that they had thimerosal, which contains mercury, a powerful neurotoxin...
...dominating in the paint, holding an 18-10 scoring advantage. - Both teams are shooting the lights out from downtown. Yale = 55% (5 of 9), Harvard = 50% (4 of 8). - Turnovers are KILLING the Crimson. They've already accumulated 15 turnovers, compared to only six assists. Yale has also fallen victim to the TO bug, but to a lesser extent. (11 turnovers, 7 assists) - #4 for Yale, Porter Braswell, has racked up an impressive 4 steals already. He also has 6 points and 2 rebounds...
...sketch the plot of Married Life is to make the movie seem more provocative than it turns out to be. Drab, middle-age Harry (Chris Cooper) confides to his spiffy friend Richard (Pierce Brosnan) that he's fallen in love with young, blond Kay (Rachel McAdams). The inconvenience is Harry's wife Pat (Patricia Clarkson); he still cares for the old girl, and it would kill her to see her hurt. So he'll have to kill her. That's the recipe for a fine thriller, of old or new fashion, and the attractive cast has their hooks...
...same age group give considerably higher numbers - 12.9 partners today - but have changed little over those declared in 1992 (12.6) and 1970 (12.8). Meanwhile, the percentage of people saying they'd had only one sexual partner in their lives has fallen from 43% in 1992 for women to 34% today, compared to 16% among men (down from 18% and 21% in 1970 and 1992 respectively). Fully 90% of women over the age of 50 say they remain sexually active, a big jump from 50% in 1970. (See pictures of people married and in love for 50 years...
...single vote, with Republicans waving their hankies at the Democrats whose votes put it over the top. Sure enough, the following year, most of the party's more vulnerable members were gone - and with them, the Democratic majorities in the House and the Senate, which had also fallen victim to the resounding rejection of Hillary's health-care plan. And while Bill Clinton's tenacity got him through the Monica Lewinsky scandal in 1998, one of the consequences was Al Gore's defeat two years later...