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While few have expressed feelings in the florid language that Gomes used at the party last week, some administrators say the College will suffer without Lewis...
...helpers and his freaky methods of organization, Uday could not control the limitations of his damaged body. According to his medical report, the stroke and trauma he suffered after the 1996 attack left him with "clawing" toes on his left foot, which made walking difficult. A non-Iraqi doctor interviewed by TIME who examined Uday in Baghdad last December says he continues to suffer from seizures and spastic reactions in the muscles of his left leg. His butlers, says one of them, pushed him around his houses in a wheelchair and changed his stainless-steel bedpans when they were full...
...surprisingly, the fitness boom among older adults has led to a spike in sports injuries. Exercise newbies may suffer from flare-ups of old injuries or normal age-related wear and tear of tendons and joints. Overenthusiasm is another problem. "They make the mistake of upping the ante too far and too fast, doubling the time or the mileage," says Dr. Doug McKeag, director of sports medicine at Indiana University. A few minutes of warm-up and cool down, instruction from a certified trainer and appropriate safety gear can help...
...much as I respect Secretary of State Colin Powell, I was dismayed to read that when asked if France would suffer consequences for opposing the U.S.-led war, his answer was yes [NOTEBOOK, May 5]. The Bush Administration is busy patting itself on the back for "liberating" a country from a dictator who brutally punished anyone who opposed him, and yet our leaders are threatening to punish another country because it had the temerity to disagree with the U.S. Bush may want to look up the definition of hypocrisy. LORI MILLER Orange, Ohio...
...supporter of the war on Iraq, but after reading about Nouman's ordeal, I realized that war was necessary to free the Iraqi people from the kind of torture she went through. Her story really ripped my heart out. I hope no one ever again has to suffer the trials Nouman endured. The bottom line is that the war has at least freed one very courageous woman. CORA CHEUNG Toronto...