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...flood has altered their lives forever. "Some people might think they are fortunate," says Lewers, who hopes to publish the family's story as a free-lance article. "But part of their being was taken from them by the river." The Everses now lock their doors, for instance, and live on a heavily trafficked road -- too busy for Mark to ride his bike safely. "I really miss my home and neighbors," says Tony, 26, an assembler at a radiator plant. "I figure if we can't live by our old neighbors, we may as well live out in the country...
Sommers is praised as one of the country'sleading thinkers in first-year composition, andshe appears to be a lock...
...this dangerous woman is still a beautiful one, with the searchlight intelligence radiating from her blue eyes and the seeming spontaneity, even surprise, at the corners of her famous smile. And her pretty gifts have matured. She mixes the old guts and softness more daringly now, and the lock she has on her characters is stronger than The Club...
...respondents also put their finger on what may prove to be the most worrisome development of the genetic age: the likelihood that the secrets hidden in people's genes will someday be used against them. A drop of blood or a lock of hair contains all the genetic information a potential employer or insurer would need to determine whether someone is at risk of contracting a long list of debilitating diseases. Of those polled, 90% said they thought it should be against the law for insurance companies to use genetic tests to decide whom to insure. Yet such practices...
...yesterday, Dowling and other defensewitnesses testified that as recently as July theroom had a sign on the door that said "TrashRoom--Do Not Lock." The sign has since beenremoved...