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Simpson, who is advising Bush, said he believes this is the year that Republicans will learn their lesson not to apply the "saliva test of purity" to their candidates...
...challenge with brisk attentiveness as much as apprehension. He read up on eye incisions that would make weaker men flinch, learned that James Thurber, after becoming blind, composed whole pages of prose in his head, and discovered that in ancient Egypt, medication for such problems might consist of urine, saliva, honey, the whites of eggs and "the milk of a woman who had borne only boys." Yet all the knowledge in the world could not erase the fact that the words and the paintings that had always been his lifeline were fading from his view...
...Mouthwash masks the smell, but ultimately you have to get rid of the stuff. Brushing and flossing remove larger particles, but dentists suggest brushing the back of the tongue as well, where food residues and bacteria congregate. The microscopic bits that remain must be flushed down by drink or saliva (morning breath occurs because salivation shuts down at night). But if you're waiting for a true cure, it won't happen until we eat all our food in pill form. In other words, don't hold your breath...
...Billy comes over and spits up at the kid on the railing. His target moves to spit back, but Billy jumps away and the frothy white wad of saliva drops to the asphalt...
...otherwise have gone free. DNA is the biggest thing to happen in crime solving since fingerprints--and it's likely to be a lot more useful. Fingerprints can be used only when a perpetrator happens to leave a clean imprint. But DNA can be taken from hair, sweat or saliva. It even has a convenient tendency to fall off skin, leaving genetic markers behind...