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...beat-up Edwardian piles that mark the edge of what, before crime hollowed out downtown Johannesburg, were some of the most imposing city blocks on the continent, stands an intriguing vision of Africa. Here, the Yung Chen Noodle Den and the Sui Hing Hong Wholesale and Chinese Gift Company rub shoulders with the Gold Reef Restaurant. "Ah, Africa," sighs William Lai, 60, as he gazes out across the great plains of parking lots that define Johannesburg's Chinatown. "Where I was born. Where my children were born. Home...
...Barack Obama headed home from his triumphal weeklong tour of the Middle East and Europe, the biggest question is how much of the love he got overseas is going to rub off at home. Certainly, the polls are not showing it. Despite a dismal week in which John McCain struggled to be heard through the saturation coverage of Obama's trip, the Republican nominee actually seemed to be getting stronger in some key battleground states...
...happy-face America. But since then the U.S. has become a significant bit more like Britain: the sense of tapped-out, no-hope job anxiety that has settled over this country helps postpunk bands like Nirvana and Pearl Jam sell millions of records. And with megapopularity comes the rub for another cycle of suddenly-rich-and-famous rock performers: What is a boy to do when his splenetic-loser shtik wins him magazine covers and huge record contracts? How to deal with the heartbreak of success? By growing up. It happens. According to John Lennon's friend and producer Phil...
...striking, especially to us concrete, surgical types. I operated on the knee of a 99-year-old man a few years ago. He had been in good shape until he was hit by a car. The cartilaginous articular surfaces of his knee - the parts that rub together when the knee bends - were pristine. They were as smooth and white and glistening as those of a teenager. Here was a surface that had rubbed against another surface under 150 lbs. of force at least two or three million times a year for nearly a 100 years. And the knee was still...
...Testing for HIV "is more than just drawing the blood or taking the swab," says Carmen Davila, community education director at CitiWide Harm Reduction, a needle-exchange facility in the Bronx where about 80% of patients are HIV-positive. "You also need to rub someone's back and talk to them. When I do testing, it's like a therapy session." Davila and others at CitiWide worry the initiative's approach ignores important parts of the treatment process - including pre- and post-test counseling - and reduces the delicate, often traumatic process of coping with a diagnosis to the emotional equivalent...