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...After working for the postal service in St. Petersburg, Fla. since 1986, Lolita Dash has taken a medical leave because of the stress she has been under since she was told to cut her fingernails. The painting and decoration routine for her 5-inch thumbnails lasted...
Then, uniformly, she would add two inches to all measurements, and hope that I grew symmetrically. Of course, in the rapid-growth years of pre-adolescence, it was rare that I'd add inches in the arms, back and waist in the same proportions, and so the sweaters--while indisputably works of art--always ended up fitting somewhat oddly, designed for the creature I hadn't quite grown into. Over the years, the magic formula varied--two inches, half an inch, elastic--with the same tangible effect...
...amateur, 6 foot 3 inch Joe De Angelis scored a decision over The Brockton Blockbuster...
...spending my days alongside my mom at the downtown Chicago rehabilitative institute where my father has now been moved. His physical therapy session had just begun, and his therapist was busily testing the strength in his arms and neck, checking to see whether my father - a six-foot, three-inch-tall man who once weighed as much as a linebacker - could do something as simple as keep his back and neck in an upright, seated position. It was a test my father was failing miserably; his shoulders were hunched over, and his chin seemed glued to his chest...
...Obuchi's pump-priming efforts, however, the economy has barely begun to inch out of its decade-long doldrums. There have been some timid signs of a recovery: the stock market is booming, companies are restructuring, dotcom fever is starting to catch on. But the economy slid back into a recession last year and unemployment, once unheard of, is at an all-time high of 4.9%. Rather than pushing for the serious structural reforms that the country desperately needs, Mori is likely to offer more government largesse in order to beef up his popularity during...