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...travel illegally to Jerusalem because he is not an Israeli citizen, called attention to the civil rights violations that have occurred in the wake of the Intifada. Hearing the immense sorrow of a woman who lost her daughter in the Dolphinaria disco bombing brought home the fear and pain of living every day under the shadow terror...
...protected by estrogen, on the other hand, quickly become even more vulnerable than men. Smoking increases the risk of heart disease more dramatically for women. Even the signs of an incipient heart attack can be different for each sex. While some women get the classic symptoms--chest and arm pain, a squeezing sensation in the chest and shortness of breath--many others experience atypical symptoms, such as dizziness, nausea and pressure between the shoulder blades...
...neglect to notice that my left knee has strayed beyond the chrome curlicues that bound the passenger seat, breaking one of the cardinal rules of riding in tuk tuks. There's a loud thwack, a roar of exhaust and a fiery jolt of pain in my kneecap. A goggled gladiator on a motorbike has clipped me on his way past, without even stopping to see if I am O.K. Wiset pulls over at the next set of lights. As I abandon the tuk tuk and hobble off in search of a taxi, the kind with four doors, four wheels...
...Moreover, it is often a pain to lend to small firms. Their owners show up in bank lobbies with account books that frequently combine grade-school math with Enron-style deceptions, making it nearly impossible to place a value on their operations. Liu Binbin has seen it all as a lending supervisor at the Chengdu City Commercial Bank (C.C.C.B.), one of a hundred or so such banks set up over the past several years across the mainland specifically to lend to small companies. One applicant, the owner of a factory that makes pickled vegetables, visited Binbin's office recently with...
...UpStairs on the Square is likely to coincide with a special occasion. A fresh citrus salad is served beneath two scoops of fresh, not excessively-sweetened tangerine sorbet and provides a zingy way to cleanse the palate and refresh stuffed patrons. Diners possessing large appetites will enjoy the apple pain perdu, a grown-up version of French toast that is surprisingly light...