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When I review a book, I read it with a pen in my hand so I can jot down little symbols in the margins as I go. One of the symbols I use--and I try to use it sparingly--is supposed to represent a little person who's rolling his eyes as if to say, "Jeez, Lou-ise." The record for the most rolled eyes I've ever doodled in the margin of any book is currently held by A.M. Homes' This Book Will Save Your Life (Viking; 372 pages...
...Halpenny drove a long sacrifice fly to right field, scoring junior Julia Kidder in the fifth inning and providing the winning margin in Game...
...loss, and even cancer. Scientists believe that the widespread use of lab-grown organs may ease the massive shortage of requests for organ transplants, which currently stands at nearly 92,000, according to the United Network for Organ Sharing. Organ requests outpace donations by nearly a two to one margin. In the study, seven children, aged 4 to 19, born with spina bifida, a spinal defect resulting in excessive bladder pressure and possible kidney damage, were involved in the study. Four years ago, they became the world’s first patients to receive laboratory-grown organs, and have been...
...complained of Western meddling, could of course stay on: He has the backing of the Shi'ite populist Moqtada Sadr, whose Mehdi Army is one of the most powerful militias in Iraq. The support of Sadr's parliamentary delegation had given Jaafari victory over Abdul Mahdi by a margin of one vote in the list's internal election of a candidate for prime minister. But faced with the combined opposition of the Kurds, the Sunnis, his Shi'ite rivals and the U.S. (which also controls the Iraqi security forces), Jaafari will struggle to create a working government...
...team returned to New England on Saturday to round up its spring break road trip. The Crimson split the doubleheader against Quinnipiac at Bobcat Field in Hamden, Conn., with the Bobcats taking the first game 5-3 and Harvard coming back to win the second by a 3-1 margin. The games brought the Crimson to 10-11 during the season...