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...report's data was drawn from the Brighamand Women Hospital Nurses' Health Study, a 17-yearold ongoing observation of 121,700 middle-agedfemale registered nurses. The study, the largestever involving former female smokers, asked nursesto describe their age, height, weight, smokinghistory, and other disease specifics...
Even as we consume and alter, we erect stage sets to mask the loss. Many Americans today mistake as wilderness the ersatz version to which they have become accustomed. Where once there were forests, now there are tree farms, transmogrified by science into monocultural stands of uniform height and genetic stock. In a word, a crop. Many anglers cast into rivers and lakes devoid of native fish. Stocked European brown trout and transplanted rainbows ply our streams, with native brook and cutthroat trout in retreat. Bighorn sheep and other game herds are shunted about for the hunter's delight...
Within weeks after refeeding begins, even those adults who were on the verge of death will have largely recovered. But children, especially those under five, can carry the scars for life. They can go blind from lack of vitamin A. They may never achieve their full height. Girls may never be able to safely bear children because of malformed pelvises. And mental function is often impaired. "Even when they are fed and back on their feet, you'll have a generation of kids with a considerable degree of retardation," says Michael D'Adamo of Catholic Relief Services...
...addition to the fast-paced playing style both teams covet, Harvard boasts a clear height advantage. Flandermeyer (6'3") and sophomore Tammy Butler (6'1") top off the Crimson roster, while BU's dominant front line player is only...
...need to get the ball inside all night, and focus on stopping their center," Flandermeyer said. "We have to use our height advantage...