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Call me crazy, but I actually enjoy the acupuncturist's needles. I can lie on a treatment table, decorated like an octogenarian's party cake for up to an hour, grooving to the warm, harmonious buzz of a balanced body. And why not? Acupuncture can scare away a migraine, soothe arthritis and calm nerves. The painless needles barely penetrate the skin. And the ancient Chinese system of medicine can do no harm...
...wanted to be 18 again,” she said earnestly, “that would really scare me, if I were 18 and I was hearing a woman of 38 not wanting to be in [sic] 38. Because what do I have to look forward to? I mean, is it that bleak? Is that what...
...trace the highly refined anthrax sent to government leaders and media icons across the nation, but worse yet, they don’t even know whether to look here or overseas. After Sept. 11 showed how unprepared we are to defend against terrorism at home, the ongoing anthrax scare suggests that we are even less equipped to investigate...
Webster's dictionary defines terror as an "intense, overwhelming fear," and a terrorist as someone who has the ability to "instill intense fear." By that standard, the anthrax scare the past few weeks has been as powerful an act of terror as the attack on Sept. 11th. The nation was terrified by the airliners that slammed into the World Trade Center and Pentagon, killing more than 5,000 people. The assault of anthrax-laced letters has caused insignificant casualties by comparison - three dead, a couple of people seriously ill, a handful sick but recovering, and fewer than 50 slightly tainted...
...Minority Leader Dick Gephardt looked the worst last week, recessing their chamber early so technicians could sweep their side of the Capitol complex for traces of anthrax. They're still furious at Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle, who received the anthrax- laced letter but announced that terrorists wouldn't scare the Senate into recessing early. (Hastert and Gephardt insist that Daschle reneged on an agreement the House and Senate leaders had at the beginning of last week to quit early. Daschle insists he never made such an agreement. Just for the record, Senate Minority Leader Trent Lott is standing behind...