Word: secondhands
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...your book there is a crucifixion, but only reported secondhand by Jesus as something like a dream...
...Former Surgeon General Richard Carmona told the press that Bush administration officials tried to suppress public health reports, including one on the dangers of secondhand smoke, for political reasons. Carmona was also required to mention Bush’s name three times in each page of his speeches, and was even told he couldn’t attend the Special Olympics because the organization was supported by the Kennedys. Needless to say, Carmona was not asked to serve a second term...
...diapers. It does, however, mean that people may not be able to eat beef at every meal. It may mean a flight between New York and Los Angeles will become a once-a-decade expense rather than a once-a-week one. It may mean more shopping at the secondhand store. At the heart of this is an epistemological reconfiguring of the current pyramid of economic values—namely, that we cannot always have what we want when we want...
...solely in order to smoke, or at least to spend time in the company of smokers. Eliminating the presence of cigar bars does nothing but redirect the deliberate inhalation of smoke that takes place at these bars elsewhere. The presence of cigar bars might even reduce the amount of secondhand smoke that nonsmokers are exposed to, since the alternative to smoking in bars is often smoking on the street. Perhaps the worst aspect of this invasion of personal liberty and responsibility is the Commission’s reasoning behind it. Dr. Barbara Ferrer, the director of the Boston Public Health...
...says Bulgaria's new anti-corruption agencies are effectively toothless and that there is no political will to deal with the fraudulent mishandling of E.U. funds. In one recent example, in February, police busted a criminal ring that had allegedly skimmed $11.8 million in E.U. farm subsidies by buying secondhand equipment for the meat-processing industry and presenting...