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Americans made more than 50,000 trips to a hospital or doctor's office for a luggage-related mishap in 2003. This year, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, whose members see a lot of travelers on their examining tables, has for the first time issued guidelines for safely toting all that baggage. Among the tips...
...just less funny than the first, but also seems to perpetuate, rather than poke fun at, the ridiculous conventions of the Hollywood romantic comedy. What connected audiences to Bridget’s stories is that she was a more lovable version of us all, bumbling her way through mishap after mishap with an excess of charm. Sadly, in this movie, our everywoman, and, by extension, singletons everywhere, are turned into the nastiest joke...
Johnson’s ability to watch the race unfold suffered Saturday, as he had to wear protective goggles on top of glasses through the drizzle after scratching his cornea in a contact lens-related mishap. “I couldn’t get any water in them, especially dirty Charles River water. Fortunately, it was Halloween, so I kind of fit in,” Johnson said. “Did it affect my race a little? Yes, but no excuses. I didn’t sail as well as I would have liked...
...year navy veteran, I resent how casually SBVT contradicts the official Navy records of award citations and fitness reports. Accurate reporting was an imperative that was always emphasized in my training. Getting it right was vital, whether investigating a fatal mishap or writing an evaluation that would influence someone's career. If a group wants to assert that not all Vietnam veterans agree with Kerry, it should just say so. But don't trash the integrity of the military in order to oppose a man who honorably served his country. ED SROKA Cherry Hill...
...study the evolution of the solar system, captured solar particles 1.5 million kilometers from Earth on its 37-month journey. With its cargo considered too delicate for a hard landing, helicopters manned by stunt pilots were deployed to snare the craft as it drifted down?but the parachute mishap meant the saucer-shaped ship plummeted to Earth at almost 320 km/h. NASA researchers hope to recover much of the payload, about the weight of a few grains of salt, from the wreckage...