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...part, Powell obviously has no stomach for another public trouncing. Instead, he is betting that federal court intervention will ultimately restore his seat. The trouble with this strategy is that the House is adamant in its denial of court jurisdiction over the case. So, for the time being, Powell r. the House of Representatives remains a standoff. That might just be the perfect permanent solution-for everyone but his constituents...
...taught himself to play the piano at eight, at ten was devouring the scores of Don Giovanni, Die Walkure and Pelleas et Melisande. He conceived a lifelong fascination with "all things mysterious and marvelous," and found that musical sounds gave him inner visions of colors; once, he got a stomach ache while watching a ballet because the violet hue of the lighting clashed so badly with the tonality of G major...
...change was a surprise and left many CCA members with ambivalent feelings. On the one hand, they could not stomach the way the change had come about. The manager is supposed to be an apolitical professional appointed by the Council to serve as an impartial administrator. DeGuglielmo's path to power seemed to make a mockery of these principles. At the same time, many of DeGuglielmo's doubters silently agreed with him that Curry, at 68, was too old and that the City administration was beginning to stagnate...
...Romney's main political drawback is his self-righteousness. Any midwestern Puritan with inflexible religious convictions and a strong ego would be hard to stomach at times. Romney does not consider himself a politician and has belittled legislators who vote on party lines rather than on "what's right." Romney thinks he is right, and he needs to be right. His indecision on the major issues is more than political necessity; a fear of ever being wrong is ingrained deeply within...
Internal Bleeding. Ulcer patients have long been known to be susceptible to internal bleeding after taking aspirin, but this was assumed to result from what was, in effect, an overdose only for their sensitive stomachs. Not necessarily, two researchers now report in the British Medical Journal. Dr. Desmond Croft and Dr. Philip H. N. Wood gave ordinary doses-the equivalent of twelve aspirins a day for one to four weeks-to 226 people who had no ulcers or any other "stomach trouble." All but nine suffered at least minor bleeding from their stomach walls into the intestines...