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This is microsurgery in a dollhouse, eight hours a day, with plenty of pressure; there are stress-relief posters in the hallway. But the mood is eerily calm. "Sometimes you knock something over and lose a lot of work," says Fabrice Joubert, who earlier worked on five DreamWorks cartoons, "but you have to be very...
...best, most productive time of their life. Don't be afraid to seek treatment if your symptoms are disruptive. Low-dose contraceptives can help stabilize erratic menstrual cycles in the years leading up to menopause. Short-term hormone therapy is still the best medical solution for the relief of hot flashes and other so-called vasomotor symptoms. Certain antidepressants may play a role in relieving hot flashes and seem particularly helpful in women who want to avoid estrogen treatment because of a history of breast cancer or concern about blood clots...
Finally, to the relief of all, we meet Baby, who reveals that Oxnam was physically, verbally and sexually abused as a young child--the ultimate explanation for his later addictions and multiple identities. Indeed, experts in dissociative disorder believe that childhood abuse is often the reason behind multiple personalities. Says Smith: "When a child is in an unbearable situation, he or she can sometimes split off from that experience, leaving behind someone who's able to handle inhuman degrees of pain, and soon that part of the person's being takes on a personality of its own. Once that happens...
...hitting the right spot. "When someone spends $10,000 drilling the location you've scouted and makes a well, there's nothing more satisfying than that 'Attagirl' from investors," says Deborah Sacrey, a Houston-based geologist with her own company, Auburn Energy. "It's a huge sigh of relief...
...easy to assign blame for the Katrina relief fiasco--there are plenty of targets. It is much harder to accept responsibility. What went wrong? The American people persist in voting for political demagogues who promise them continued services for lower taxes. Government is not, despite what Ronald Reagan claimed, the problem. Nor is it, as others have asserted, a beast that must be starved. Government is society's means to collectively address problems that are too large or costly for individuals to handle. In a democracy, the people get the government they deserve. By choosing lower taxes and minimal services...