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...science teacher in Baltimore, Md., was offering lessons in anatomy when one of the boys in class declared, "There's one less rib in a man than in a woman." The teacher pulled out two skeletons--one male, the other female--and asked the student to count the ribs in each. "The next day," the teacher recalls, "the boy claimed he told his priest what happened and his priest said I was a heretic...
...missing Saturday’s game against Clarkson with what Donato called an inner-thigh contusion. The senior, who is second on the Crimson with seven assists, is expected to return to action this weekend...Maki reentered the lineup this weekend following a four-game absence due to damaged rib cage cartilage. He skated with classmates Kevin Du and Steve Mandes...Freshman Mike Taylor—held without a point through his first five games—extended his personal scoring streak to three games with a goal against St. Lawrence and an assist on Cavanagh’s game...
...other side of the coin, sophomore forward Ryan Maki returned to action this weekend after losing time with a rib injury...
...splendid and somewhat hair-raising clay sculpture known as the Eagle Warrior, circa 1440-69, staring down from a shelf 6 ft. off the floor, as if on a ledge to surprise his enemies. Not far behind him looms the grisly god of the underworld, Mictlantecuhtli, circa 1480, his rib cage exposed and his liver hanging out. The pair encapsulates some of the dualities that created a dynamic tension throughout the Aztec worldview: war and death, light and darkness, power and decay...
...around the globe to undergo a new procedure available only here. Six hours ago, Dr. Huang Hongyun injected 1.5 million fetal cells into her damaged spinal cord. Davis, a teacher from Ohio, hasn't walked since 1978 after a car crash left her paralyzed from the bottom of her rib cage down. Shortly after she awakens, Davis signals with a thumb and index finger that she can feel nearly two inches lower than before. "My goal," she says, "is to regain my stomach and back muscles enough to sit up straighter...