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...press, is unlikely to be from Pakistan, but he's sure done a good job at destabilization. Fear and loathing has gripped an entire section of New Delhi. Three unfortunates died fleeing their homes when screams from neighbors announced that the monster was nearby. One, a woman five-months pregnant, tripped in the dark and fell down the stairs from her rooftop terrace. Two men leapt off buildings. All died in the hospital from their injuries. Several others have been injured in panicked stampedes and more than 100 people say they have been attacked, claiming to have sustained minor bruises...
Femmy Arimula bent forward over the swell of her pregnant belly so that she could aim the blowtorch directly onto the small, silver lump. At first nothing happened, the flame blazed down in a blue and orange column. Then, suddenly, the silver surface began to peel away and gold glittered underneath. More and more of the silver coating retreated under the blue flame until only a pebble of pure gold remained. Femmy cut the gas off and coughed, something catching at the back of her throat. She had heard that burning mercury was dangerous, but she didn't believe...
...didn't see a doctor. She forgot her worries until a few days later when Marseline, her eldest daughter, came home chattering about some scientists who had visited her school. The 10-year-old showed her a brochure they had handed out?and Femmy's world turned to ashes. Pregnant women were the most vulnerable to mercury poisoning, she read. They must avoid all contact with the substance or their babies could be born horribly deformed...
...they go about their daily chores, cooking and cleaning for the equivalent of five basketball teams' worth of children, Green's wives appear to have no regrets at marrying so young. "I feel I gained. It is better than being a teenager hanging out in a mall or getting pregnant without a husband," says Hannah...
...full-time parent. She set out to re-create as closely as possible the dynamics and setting that their parents would have provided. "Clean, shiny floors and fresh bread when the kids got home from school," says Kathy. When she later found out she was pregnant, she had a long talk with her husband. "I don't think I can do it," she announced. "I don't think I can go through another 18 years of being responsible for someone." She did have a child, but only...