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Everybody knows at least one person who's had a broken collar bone. They're among the most common fractures - I've had one myself. You might end up with a bump like mine, or sometimes a bit of pain with certain activities (for me, it's swimming the breastroke). For generations, orthopedists have treated clavicle fractures with little more than a cloth support like a sling. The vast majority healed just fine. There is an operation we can do, putting a metal plate on the bone with screws, but it's not usually necessary...
...Beijing and Shanghai for Shanxi's coal barons. The cash to buy their cars and toys will come from the sweat--and perhaps blood--of men like Xie Daibing. Xie, originally from the remote and dirt-poor province of Gansu, on the border with Tibet, works in a mine less than a mile from the shaft in Zuoyun County where the 57 miners drowned. "No, I'm not scared," he says, although he looks it, a frown creasing his forehead and his fingers restlessly juggling his cigarette pack and lighter. Xie says he's confident that the central government...
...string of accidents that left more than 100 miners dead in November, Li, Beijing's top official in charge of work safety, alleged that in one case, in which 32 died, local officials had ignored an order to close a shaft. "With local governments as backstage supporters, unscrupulous mine owners just keep operating illegally," Li was quoted as saying in the state-run English-language China Daily. "This is a direct challenge to the authority of state laws and regulations...
...like you,’” said Kleinman, adding that Farmer was a “serious correspondent.” “I have a real sense with Paul of passing the torch, only that torch has burned brighter in his hands than it did mine,” he said of Farmer’s accomplishments. Kleinman described Farmer as “a wonderful fundraiser.” “It’s hard if you have a moral commitment to social justice to hear Paul speak and not want to make...
...this came true. My parents have enjoyed watching Kirsten score goals for the nationally ranked women’s ice hockey team. I’m not so sure how exciting it was for them to watch me stretch during warm-ups before football games. Her GPA trumps mine, and I have a really difficult time trying to explain to people that Harvard’s infamous grade inflation applies to her, but not to me. Kirsten is also involved some impressive student organizations and other extracurricular activities on campus. Sure, I write a column for the Crimson. But while...