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Besides, whether we inflict our French on the concierge or not, many of our transactions will come down, in the end, to an antic game of charades. English may be the universal language, but it's still less universal than hands and eyes. So even as we become unwitting James Joyces -- coining neologisms by the minute -- when we essay a foreign language, we also become Marcel Marceaus: asking the way to the rest room with our eyebrows or sending back the squid with a paroxysm of mock pain. Ask a man in Tierra del Fuego to point...
...carried by the Mega Borg disperses and evaporates more readily than heavy crude. Of the 4 million gal. that escaped, much burned off in surface fires. By week's end the vessel was under control, although one tank was still leaking. The 30-mile-long slick seemed likely to inflict some -- but not major -- damage ashore. It had been a close call...
Eventually the time will come. When it does, how should lawmakers inflict the pain on their constituents without hurting themselves in the bargain? California's experience, and that of other states, suggest the following tactics...
...federal laws require doctors to begin treatment of all babies except those who would clearly not benefit. But no regulations guide a physician's decision to stop treatment. This has become a pressing issue because the very technology that can save infants often inflicts profound ; handicaps, such as blindness, cerebral palsy and other neurological disorders. Among the effects of erring on the side of life, say the authors: "We save some who would otherwise have died, we do immediate harm to and inflict long- term suffering on many who survive, and we expend an enormous amount of money on neonatal...
Millions of Americans swear by ibuprofen for relief from the aches and pains of arthritis, menstrual cramps and other ailments. But like many other pain killers, ibuprofen, sold under such brand names as Advil and Medipren, can sometimes inflict pain. According to a report in the current Annals of Internal Medicine, the medication could cause kidney failure in about 1% of the people...