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...problem for medical staff is that malnutrition is a condition that resembles plague, rather than, say, cancer: its victims suffer en masse, not one at a time. By the time a program like the one at St. Kizito begins receiving patients, odds are good that the food shortage is already severe and widespread. But that means treating one child can put his or her siblings at risk. "I have five other children," says Apukei Santina, sitting on a bench on St. Kizito's terrace on this bright, pleasant Monday morning. She has been at the hospital for the full duration...
...instill military discipline in his ragtag rebels in Cuba, then in Bolivia; in both places he has to decide whether to accept underage volunteers; in both, he gives his men a chance to quit before the decisive battles, where they are fired on by unseen regular soldiers and suffer the deaths of friends who've made their big speech or poignant impression moments before. And forgive me for asking, but with all these young men spending up to a year in the jungle, why (with one rapacious exception) so they never express any interest in women. Are they bearded...
...thought my life was over. I wanted to do something to help find a cure for the disease that had caused so much turmoil in my family. But dealing with the loss of my mother was so overwhelming, I had little time. Brinker has immeasurably helped those who suffer from the disease and the friends and family who suffer along with them - a struggle I'm sure she'll continue for years to come. Andrew Halley, Layton, Utah...
...applaud your choice of Nancy Brinker. In 1977 my mother died after losing a long battle with breast cancer. I had just celebrated my 12th birthday and thought my life was over. Dealing with the loss of my mother was overwhelming. Brinker has immeasurably helped those who suffer from the disease and the friends and family who suffer along with them. Andrew Halley, LAYTON, UTAH...
...students performed better than black students. At issue, the researchers theorized, was the pressure of negative racial stereotypes - that black athletes lack sports intelligence, for example, or that white athletes lack natural ability. "Concern over confirming the stereotype," the authors wrote, "would cause each group's athletic performance to suffer." Indeed, when students thought they were being judged based on a stereotype that favored their racial group, performance improved...