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...thinking the exact same thing I was.” He yelled to her, “You’re not getting into our next party with that attitude, baby.” That signature wink again. “God, you people make me sick,” Maya replied disgustedly. “Get a hobby.” But Bennett Braddock already...
...vaccine into the clinical trial stage. So far, the duo’s research has yielded that ridding the body of the toxic SOD1 protein present will significantly help those suffering from the inherited form of the illness. “If one diminishes the burden of this sick protein, one can both delay the disease and reduce its severity,” Brown explained. Although the inherited form of Lou Gerhig’s only accounts for 5 to 10 percent of ALS cases, Brown and Julien’s research into finding a vaccine may also apply...
...stupid, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t something sick about a man who repeatedly calls young girls at hours when he thinks they will be disoriented, pretends to be someone they know, and then asks intimate, invasive questions (“What are you wearing? Where are you? Where is your hand?”). At the least, it’s a cry for help; it’s also deceit, an invasion of privacy, and some form of sexual harassment. It’s for these reasons that in some states, including...
...bill back to Bush's desk without modifying it for wavering Republicans, though House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has left the door open for changes. If the President vetoes the bill a hundred times between now and the 2008 elections the Democrats can portray the G.O.P. as voting against sick poor kids. If the G.O.P. caves, they can declare themselves the champions of children's health care and finally have a legislative accomplishment to boast about. Either way, they think they can't lose. "It's our hope that these members of Congress, when they hear from their constituents, that they...
...President Bush's veto, which he issued Wednesday morning. Bush insists the expanded program, by raising the income eligibility levels, would draw children away from private insurance plans and act as a first step toward socialized medicine. But Democrats know that ideological debates are no match for pictures of sick children, and they are already training their sights on eight vulnerable Republicans, including Kuhl, who voted against it. "It is a defining vote; it says a lot about people's values and priorities," said Representative Chris Van Hollen, a Maryland Democrat and head of the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee...