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...England patriots fans will attest, the scariest letters in sports are ACL--as in an anterior cruciate ligament tear, probably the knee injury that ended quarterback Tom Brady's season on Sept. 7. But thanks to the marvels of modern sports medicine, the Pats' superstar should be dissecting defenses again in 2009. Ever since surgeon Frank Jobe revolutionized baseball in the 1970s with the pioneering elbow-repair technique now known as Tommy John surgery, doctors have been developing innovative ways to treat sports injuries. From managing concussions (some 300,000 annually in the U.S.; football players and female athletes...
...known as one of L.A.'s most troubled - but this one was different, quickly escalating into a roving melee involving, by some accounts, 600 students, including bystanders. Fleeing toward her 5th-period English class, "I saw this stampede of kids rushing at me," says Johnson, 18. "It was the scariest thing I had seen here...
Please! At least at venerable old Barings no one tried to make such claims after Leeson blew the place up. One of the scariest things about the current global credit meltdown is that we still don't know the depth and breadth of the losses. Indeed, banks don't even know how to value a lot of the paper on their books these days. What we, and they, do know is that ordinary young traders can see their positions go south and are liable to panic and mess up in ways that keep pushing the decimal point over...
...internal battles and emotional decay. The cinematography of the film is stunning. Bayona shoots many of the scenes in a beautiful coastal town in Spain with a breathtaking mountainous backdrop. The score, so crucial for horror films, creates an ever-present sense of apprehension, building great tension for the scariest scenes. However, what most surprises about the motion picture is that it manages to find an ideal balance between horror and warmth, producing a unique scary flick both endearing and smart. Today, when most horror films seem to follow senseless plots that provide more blood than brains...
More and more, the four scariest letters for parents and students across the country are MRSA, for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Over the past month, schools have shuttered their doors, sanitized their hallways and alerted parents to the presence of the spreading drug-resistant bacteria in locker rooms and on wrestling mats. At least three students have died of the infection. Headlines have alarmingly--if predictably--cried out warnings of a superbug, and there is in fact cause for real worry...