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...Victoria into a big, bulky but very secure foot and ankle brace. At three weeks she was a little less tender but definitely not better-so back in she goes and I'm now the bad guy-no recital. Her mother is sharp, though; I don't have to threaten with crutches and operations to get her on board with me on this. And Victoria comforts me when I say I'm sorry about keeping her out of dance for another three weeks: "It's ok-It's nice to be home in the afternoon. I read and play games...
...going up--and with all their medical savvy, doctors can't figure out why. Today nearly 13 out of every 100 births are premature, an increase of 30% over the past 20 years. Part of that rise is due to the advent of modern fertility treatments, which caused a sharp jump in the number of twins, triplets and higher multiples--most of whom are born early. But it turns out that 83% of preemies in the U.S. are singletons whose prematurity can be caused by any number of factors, including bacterial infections, ruptured membranes, cervical abnormalities, high blood pressure, stress...
...fuss over the Gay Pride Parade also exposed some of the seismic cracks inside Israeli society, where modern, secular values collide with fiercely defended religious traditions. The sharp Tel Aviv-Jerusalem rivalry illustrates this divide. Tel Aviv prides itself on its hip nightclubs and a laid-back, cosmopolitan attitude, while an hour's drive away, in some Jerusalem neighborhoods, ultra-orthodox men re-create the customs of 17th century Poland and wear long, black waistcoats and beaver hats that make them broil in the Mediterranean...
...have already seen what can happen to educational systems when blanket measures such as Proposal Two are adopted. Since California voters banned the use of affirmative action in admissions to its public universities, there has been a sharp decline in student body diversity, especially at UCLA. The adoption of Proposal Two in Michigan will simply spread this unfortunate situation to another state and keep even more students from gaining equal opportunity in education...
That may be true, though the introduction of a 40-lb. beast outside your window doesn't exactly bring a sense of tranquillity. With their sharp teeth and long, muscular tail that can swat an errant primate from a couple of feet away, langurs are scary not just to smaller monkeys but also to humans. Khan says business is good, despite the recent proliferation of competitors. The company he works for employs 12 langurs, including the two he was using to guard our building a few weeks ago: Babby, an 8-year-old female with a young baby playing...