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According to Dr. Jon Graff, an endocrinology resident at Massachusetts General Hospital, women suffering from hypo-thyroidism are "very commonly infertile" as a result of their condition...
...wing closed-mindedness has surfaced on Harvard's campus. Last fall, a Quincy House resident stole copies of the ultraconservative Peninsula from doorsteps and distribution areas. One resident. Last fall, a Kinko's employee refused to photocopy AALARM's anti-abortion posters. One employee. Both incidents demonstrated an arrogant, hypo-critical, tactically misguided inclination to stifle opposing voices. But they were isolated incidents. They were condemned by conservatives and liberals alike. Copies of Peninsula were hastily redistributed, and Kinko's apologized. And we all went on with our lives, none the worse for the vigorous debate these incidents had inspired...
...JUST WHAT are these hypo-crisies that I sought to bring to bear? We are expected not to "vocalize" but simply "tolerate" the fact that certain courses--such as my hypothetical engineering course that accepted only Asians--simply do not represent the diversity that Harvard boasts. This was not, nor was meant to be, a condemnation of the persons who comprise such a course, but, rather, an inquiry into why such "segregation" exists...
...great majority of physicians say the drugs upset the body's natural hormonal balance, particularly that involving testosterone, which is present, though in different amounts, in both men and women. Normally, the hypo thalamus, the part of the brain that regulates many of the body's func tions, "tastes" the testosterone levels; if it finds them too low, it signals the pituitary gland to trigger increased production...
...little while, the Captain and Snowdrop head home. "I'm quitting next week," the Captain says as he pauses on Fourth Street to look at a mural on a tenement wall, an eagle clutching a hypo above the legend in red letters: COME FLY WITH ME FOOL! Just before crossing the Williamsburg Bridge, the Captain spots a young white couple crouching together in the front seat of a Mercedes. The man throws a bloody rag out the window. "They just couldn't wait to get home before shooting up," he tells Snowdrop. She smiles back, still glowing...