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...crippling symptoms of osteoporosis have become almost synonymous with old age. The dowager's hump, the loss of height, the painful and often debilitating fractures of the spine and hip nearly always occur in elderly women after menopause (as well as in a smaller number of older men). And that age group has been the focus of prevention and treatment efforts...
...male bosses are insensitive negotiators. "Gender isn't necessarily destiny in management style," affirms Christie Hefner, 37, who succeeded her father two years ago as chairman and chief executive of Playboy Enterprises. Nor do the so-called feminine qualities of consensus building and listening imply a lack of spine, although, as Hefner wryly observes, such traits "were not greatly valued in management books until they began to be defined as Japanese...
...budget crisis. It is conceivable that they will concoct a much better remedy. But even if a five-year, $500 billion deficit reduction is finally put into place, the cumulative debt will still grow by roughly $500 billion over those five years. That danger alone should stiffen the spine of even the mostly cowardly politician in Washington...
PRESIDENT Bush may be Washington's most notorious wimp, but these days it looks like the Democratic Party is the one with no spine...
Little Tony Ramirez seemed to be in serious trouble. Wrapping the boy in head-to-knee flexible braces to keep his spine straight, technicians gingerly placed him in the ambulance. It left the scene at 7:05 p.m., just 13 minutes after St. Andrew and Tayenaka got the call. St. Andrew monitored Tony's blood pressure while he cradled a portable phone and asked a county trauma center for permission to bring in the case. He tried to insert an IV needle, but the boy, who spoke no English, cried and resisted. "No moveas," St. Andrew cajoled in semi-Spanish...