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...marry Bertram. Everything goes swimmingly until Bertram makes it clear that he has no interest in his adoptive sister and runs away from court instead of marrying her. He leaves a mocking note, which she takes as a challenge: if she can get an ancestral ring from his finger and become pregnant with his child, he’ll marry...
...FINGER STICK The most common way to keep track of blood-sugar levels--pricking the finger for blood before meals and bed--has become more convenient and less painful than it used to be. Automatic lances make the drawing of blood easier, and computerized devices can record readings automatically...
...Drug Administration provides glucose measurements without puncturing the skin. Worn on the wrist, it uses tiny electric currents to gently draw body fluid from the skin up to six times an hour for as long as 13 hours. The needle-phobic still won't be able to avoid finger pricks, however. The "watch" needs to be used in conjunction with conventional blood-sample monitoring. --By Alice Park
...into prison, where he says he was whipped and beaten and tortured with electric shocks to his penis. Released in a general amnesty Saddam granted just before the war, Jasim believes that his uncle sold him out to the authorities and intends to kill him too. "If my finger were a Baathist," he says, "I would...
...seems counterproductive to point an accusing finger at Summers without highlighting his opening statement which provided a grander vision for Harvard University as a potential change agent for mediating solutions between the developing and developed world. Summers stated, “I am convinced that the public health of the developing world and especially Africa is the single issue that has the greatest significance for humanity over the next half century.” Furthermore Summers went on to add, “New knowledge makes a huge difference in our ability to prevent, to contain and to treat disease...