Word: gail
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...their lungs. In most state and federal prisons, children are allowed to hug and kiss their moms, but in many jails in which women are awaiting trial and sentencing, contact is forbidden. A pane of thick glass separates the mother and child, which can be yet another trauma. Gail Smith, executive director of Chicago Legal Advocacy for Incarcerated Mothers, described an infant's wrenching visit. "When he saw his mother come out, his little hand went to the glass," Smith says. "But when he realized he couldn't touch her, he just started screaming...
These results should reassure parents who have been told their son or daughter needs inhaled steroids. "The word steroid is scary and confusing to people," says Dr. Gail Shapiro, a clinical professor of pediatrics at the University of Washington School of Medicine in Seattle and a co-author of one of the papers. The first problem is that corticosteroids (the scientific name of the asthma drugs) sounds an awful lot like the anabolic steroids used by some body builders. They aren't. Not only are corticosteroids safer but the inhaler makes them especially effective as well. Breathing in the drug...
That threat is partly why the U.S. is intervening in the currency and oil markets. But Uncle Sam can't be too aggressive. If the euro rallies, billions in foreign investment would leave, undercutting U.S. stocks. "We're walking a tightrope," says Gail Dudack, strategist at UBS Warburg. And that's why a little caution makes sense...
...exited the movie theater with a friend after seeing The Perfect Storm, both of us were silent for a second, perhaps pondering the lives of the six crew members who died aboard the Andrea Gail. 'I'm really craving sushi,' he said, breaking the silence. 'I gotta stop at Barnes and Nobles afterwards.' 'Oh, can I borrow your cellphone?' etc. etc. Neither of us brought up the movie for the rest of the night. Why would we? The Perfect Storm had absolutely nothing going for it-no character development, no suspense (we all knew the real story), no payoff...
...Going into The Perfect Storm, and already knowing the fate of the Andrea Gail and her six crew members, I was skeptical that the film could be anything more than an exercise in high-priced special effects. Well, I was certainly wrong and I credit veteran director Wolfgang Peterson for making the movie as good as it is. The selling point may have been the titanic waves, but what makes Perfect Storm work is the opening half hour, in which Peterson not only establishes his characters but, more importantly, establishes the life of the Gloucester fishermen. Their precarious economic existence...