Word: ironic
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Tonight, the Crimson will have a chance to iron out some of its offensive kinks in its scrimmage against Assabet, a Massachusetts all-select squad primarily consisting of high-school level talent...
...answer may lie in a report published two months ago in Circulation, an American Heart Association journal. In a study of some 1,900 men ages 42 to 60, Finnish researchers determined that the risk of heart attack was greater among men with high blood levels of iron than in those with lower readings. For each 1% increase in the amount of ferritin (a protein that binds iron), the risk of heart attack increased by 4%. The reason, many doctors suspect, is that iron may interact with LDL, "the bad cholesterol," in a way that promotes the formation of plaque...
Healy finds the Finnish study "very provocative." It suggests that at least part of estrogen's protection is indirect: by triggering the monthly menstrual flow, which carries away iron, it reduces levels of the metal in the bloodstream and lessens the threat of heart attack. When periods cease after menopause, the reasoning goes, iron begins to accumulate and the risk rises...
Nevertheless, Widowers' Houses is worth seeing, if only for the set design of Charles Morgan, which lavishly recreates the era of wrought iron garden furniture, trompe I'oeil marble trellises and crazy paving. And there are hints here and there of the Shaw who was yet to emerge--the wry cynic who could create dialogue such as this...
...aside a $70 billion credit line for cleaning up the banks. To prevent such a disaster from happening again, Congress and the Bush Administration fired off a barrage of tough new banking standards. But when federal regulators began enforcing the new rules with an iron fist, many banks and borrowers started to howl. Last year the Bush Administration ordered regulators to ease up, but so far, most bankers remain fearful that any laxity on their part will bring regulatory punishment or even closure. "The weaker banks want to spend more time trying to clean up their balance sheets than making...