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...gets a long hug first, even though it's the bleeding wound that needs attention. In uncounted thousands of such tactile transactions, kids learn to use touch as a means of connection at least as expressive as--and certainly more satisfying than--anything so detached as speech. With the pump thus primed, they are ready for the next, exponentially bigger step: the moment, at age 12 or so, when the glands engage, the hormones flow and a childhood of simple physicality becomes a lifetime of sexuality...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Love, Sex & Health: Biology: The Power of Love | 1/19/2004 | See Source »

...Boston Red Sox, Chicago Cubs, Oakland A’s and St. Louis Cardinals, the kid from California known as the Eck utilized his trademark sidearm delivery to deceive hitters. Eckersley’s long black hair always hung out the back of his cap, and he would routinely pump his fist in jubilation after completing one of his 2,401 career strikeouts...

Author: By Robert C. Boutwell, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: One 'Eck of a Guy | 1/14/2004 | See Source »

...former Navy SEAL will join the IOP as a visiting fellow, a post which will enable him to share his political wisdom with undergraduates—and pump iron at the Malkin Athletic Center, to which he gains keycard access...

Author: By Daniel J. Hemel, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Jesse 'The Body' To Be Fellow At IOP | 1/9/2004 | See Source »

...researchers looked at how changes from a one-tiered and two-tiered formulary insurance plan to a three-tiered formulary at two companies affected employees’ spending on and use of medication. In particular, the researchers focused on the use of proton-pump inhibitors, which treat heartburn; ACE inhibitors, which treat high blood pressure; and statins, which lower cholesterol...

Author: By Sara E. Polsky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rising Insurance Costs May Alter Drug Use | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

Although a number of people merely switched to lower-cost drugs when the three-tiered plans were put in place, the researchers found that some patients stopped taking their medicines. And while users of proton-pump inhibitors are not supposed to stay on the medications permanently, Frank said, ACE inhibitors and statins are meant for long-term...

Author: By Sara E. Polsky, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Rising Insurance Costs May Alter Drug Use | 12/8/2003 | See Source »

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