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...understanding of the play was hampered by several instances of the production eliciting spontaneous laughter not called for by the script and, presumably, not intended by the cast. The most outstanding example was at the appearance of Cozzens’ Andrei, who enters with an artificial stomach to indicate his weight gain. Not only did the audience react, but Cozzens appeared close to laughter himself. Though the literal representation of Andrei’s weight gain is important, if the costume is to appear so unreal and the actor so uncomfortable, the padding must be sacrificed...
When the Taliban lost this capital of northern Afghanistan, they set the pattern for the war. After days of relentless pounding by American bombers, the Islamic militia simply had no stomach for a fight...
...public for the first time. Iran is also commemorating the anniversary with an exhibit dedicated to "America's crimes around the world"--featuring crude and macabre displays, from devil-horned effigies of Uncle Sam to a Statue of Liberty with a live dove behind bars in its stomach. It would seem Iran is still as furiously anti-U.S. as it was in 1979. Such propaganda hardly fits with recent signals of improved cooperation prompted by the Afghan war, but it is in keeping with a pattern. Whenever relations have become too cozy in the past, Iran's hard-liners...
Doctors stress that the side effects of Cipro, one of the newest fluoroquinolones, are no worse than those of penicillin and tetracyclines. Common complaints associated with the drug are nausea, diarrhea and vomiting. About 3% of patients in clinical trials had to stop taking it because of stomach pain, skin rashes, lightheadedness or headache. Fewer than 1% experienced the more severe events, including the torn tendons, hallucinations and seizures...
...from the Vice President's mechanical letter opener to the postal facilities serving the CIA, the Supreme Court, the State Department and, of course, the White House and Congress. When D.C. mail clerk Joseph Curseen arrived at the hospital on Sunday with "the flu," he was sent home with stomach medicine and died the next day. Investigators who had swabbed down his post office hadn't told anybody to get tested or treated and hadn't even warned them about the symptoms. By week's end, 35 postal facilities had been tested, and the U.S. Capitol police had announced that...