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Among emblems of old age, a woman's curved spine is one of the most powerful and haunting, at once both metaphor and augury. It conjures up the crush of life's passage. More terrible, it often heralds life's end. For the humped back is often the most visible sign of osteoporosis, a progressive disease that leaves bones thin and brittle. Even so simple a motion as walking or sitting can collapse vertebrae and fracture wrists and hips. Those who suffer such breaks rarely recover their mobility. Many wind up in nursing homes. One- quarter die within six months...
...Stolen Away" was a sad and horrifying article that would send shivers down anybody's spine. Kidnapping girls for sex trafficking is a great sin and causes a lot of embarrassment for tribal cultures that value women's sanctity. The failure of Iraqis to report the kidnappings is a sign of the disgrace and shame that they experience when a daughter disappears. Look what Bush and Tony Blair have done to Iraq. Tanvir Vaqar Mirpur Mathelo, Pakistan...
...tour de force of engineering—far beyond what we train.” Chelsea S. Simmons ’06 and Robert J. Everett ’06 tied for second place, applying their engineering skills to create projects that would improve surgical techniques. Working with DePuy Spine, a Massachusetts-based company dedicated to the manufacture of orthopedic devices, Simmons developed a pedicle screw system for osteoporotic bone, what McKay Professor of Engineering Robert D. Howe calls “an amazingly original idea.” This device would be used in patients who undergo spinal fusion...
...Paris Review and writes nonfiction for the New York Times Magazine. But listen to the commentaries he gives as a resident expert on The Daily Show and you'll discover that one of the deadliest potential consequences of global warming is an unfrozen-caveman crime wave. Crack the spine of his faux atlas, The Areas of My Expertise, and you'll learn of Frdric Chopin's ladybug obsession, Maine's state motto ("Remember the Maine!") and the Depression-era rebellion that resulted in Hobo Joe Junkpan's brief appointment as Secretary of the Treasury. In Hodgman's authoritative...
HAMSTRINGS Sit with your legs spread and toes up, leaning the torso as far as possible toward one foot; don't bend your back or spine (a rule for all stretches). "Keeping appropriate posture matters more than being able to touch your toes," says Fournier. Do one side for 20 sec.; relax. Now do the other; four times each side...