Word: rib
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...responded "Yes, I am a vegetarian" also reported that in the previous 24 hours they had eaten red meat; 60% had eaten meat, poultry or seafood. Perhaps those surveyed thought a vegetarian is someone who, from time to time, eats vegetables as a side dish--say, alongside a prime rib. If more than one-third of people in a large sample don't know the broadest definition of vegetarian, one wonders how they can be trusted with something much more difficult: the full-time care and picky-picky feeding of their bodies, whatever their dietary preferences...
...that whooping cough was on the rise again. Whooping cough is one of those conditions, like "morning sickness," that's terribly undernamed. It sounds like the sort of disease a clown might have, instead of the sort of disease that can make you cough so violently you break a rib. Pertussis, the name used by people who have medical degrees and are therefore too dignified to use "oop" words, is a little scarier, but still could be a scalp condition...
...recent return of 5’8 forward Eaves from a rib injury has re-energized what had been a struggling BC squad...
...Eagles’ impressive team speed allowed them to carry the momentum following the goal. They made it 2-0 when sophomore center Ben Eaves—recently back from a ten-game layoff due to a rib injury—capitalized on a two-on-one with 4:27 to play in the first period...
...equality all the way to Lagos. On a speaking tour, Gore said greater women's empowerment would curb war, corruption and chaos. "Men of quality are not threatened by the emancipation of women," he added. But it was Gore's laugh lines that got the local media going. "Amid rib-cracking jokes, Gore spoke on a variety of issues, bordering on mother's supremacy, perfect marriage partners, cultural diversity and his life outside the American presidency," the Guardian writes. Example: His take on the economic downturn: "I was the first to be laid off on the 1st of January...