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Eventually, the fluid will be a drop of a patient’s blood, sweat, or urine, which will then be separated into compartments on the paper that will change color to indicate the presence of certain enzymes or proteins that in turn could indicate certain diseases...
...permit Ollie—hardly the greatest intellect in the brothel—a few futile moments of contemplation. “Shall we be off?” said The Stable Boy.“Yes...of course,” said Ollie.***The stench of fish, sweat, and miscellaneous refuse rose up from London’s docks and met the fitfully descending sunlight halfway. With their wheelbarrow rattling along, Ollie and The Stable Boy moved quickly towards the H.M.S. Visconti. The Stable Boy had met the trading vessel’s wizened old Captain in a tavern...
...breeze coming through the window was increasingly inadequate and, in an effort to stay cool, I had turned off the ceiling lamps. The only light in the room came from the television in front of me. Tired from work and frustrated by the heat, I was completely still.But sweat and fatigue weren’t the only things that made me stationary. The reason I was sitting slack-jawed and wide-eyed was because I had just witnessed yet another episode of “The Secret Life of the American Teenager,” a show that defies...
...very real part of the presidency, and it seems safe to say now, nearly two years into this campaign, that President Obama would do well should times call for unruffled calm. He wore a gray suit that fit like a mother's caress, nary a wrinkle or bead of sweat visible, and spoke in the same laconic tone you might use to discuss the weather with a co-worker while sorting your e-mail at the same time. He met the press in Clearwater, Fla., the western end of a wide belt of suburbs along Interstate 4 that usually decides...
...find some fresh onions for his reptilian dinner. There was nothing fake about that moment, and for some reason, I feel much more comfortable in Shanghai having seen it. Chinese beer tastes better to me now, I can hold my chopsticks with more confidence, and when a patch of sweat appears under my arm in the crippling Shanghai heat, I feel more like a real person.The Olympics have brought about an increase of inauthenticity instead of a respite, as performers lip-sync through the opening ceremony, athletes compete with performance-enhancing drugs and equipment, and the Beijing police fake smiles...