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...infertility, in vitro can be an exercise in frustration. It is expensive (about $7,800 for each attempt, three or four of which are often needed to achieve success) and not covered by many insurance plans. It is also quite unpleasant for most women, who become bloated and sore and sometimes suffer mood swings from the powerful hormones they must take. Finally, the procedure produces children for only 18% of the couples who try it, as 40,000 did in the U.S. last year...
White respects Morris but is sore about his polls. White has told friends, "That boy came down here and said he had a poll that proves 70% of Texans are in favor of something. So we did it. Then he came down again and said 70% favored this thing over here. So we did that too. Another poll, another 70%, so we did it. By then I had 90% of the state pissed...
...there'd be nothing I could do about it. Absolutely nothing. But their compassion, their involvement causes them to put a fork in my mouth, and I take a bite of food. Or turn me over in the bed so I don't get a sore. Or get my blood pressure down when I have dysreflexia. Basically, it comes down to goodwill. Nobody has to do any of those things; I'm completely dependent on them...
...negotiations even though nothing substantive came out of the meeting. "There was no progress on setting a date for the Israeli redeployment from Hebron or resuming negotiations on the interim or permanent status agreements," says Silver. The Hebron negotiations, reached with Shimon Peres' Labor government, are still a sore point between the Palestinians and Netanyahu's government. Silver reports that Arafat's point of view is that all the security concerns have already been negotiated and accepted by the previous government. Meanwhile, Netanyahu continues to hold a hardline stance, refusing to meet with Arafat unless it becomes vital to Israel...
...colds, think zinc. A study finds that sufferers who begin to pop a kind of ZINC LOZENGE (gluconate glycine) within 24 hours of symptoms get over their sniffles and sore throat three days sooner than those who suck on a placebo. Possible side effects: nausea and a bad taste...