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During that walk (I was unable to run), I got my first experience with enemy fire. Machine-gun fire was hitting the beach, and as it hit the wet sand, it made a "sip sip" sound like someone sucking on their teeth. Ahead of me in the distance, I could see survivors of the landing already using the base of the bluffs as shelter. Due to my near drowning and exhaustion, I had fallen behind the advance. To this day, I don't know why I didn't dump the flamethrower and run like hell for shelter. But I didn...
...lost everything. I lost all my money and my false teeth. Even this head scarf I am wearing was given to me by a neighbor." Fatima Hussan, 75-year-old Palestinian resident of Rafah on the southern tip of the Gaza Strip, after the Israelis bulldozed her home...
...author's day, each strip consists of just four, or less, panels showcasing a singular moment. These can be banal (June 27, 2002: "Uncomfortably tossing and turning till my legs get twisted in and bound by the sheets") or funny (June 6: "I gagged while brushing my teeth ? expelling red wine, venison, fillet mignon and hand made sausage?the color scheme was actually kind of beautiful?") Kochalka has a kind of childish charm - he draws himself as an elf with buck teeth and pointy ears - who finds magic in moments the rest of us would ignore...
...rays have to do with pregnancy? Scientists don't really know, but the current issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association reports the surprising finding that a woman's risk of having a low-birth-weight baby at full term more than triples if she has her teeth X-rayed while pregnant. This is not a good reason to avoid the dentist, however. Other studies have shown that women with periodontal disease have a three to five times greater risk of preterm childbirth than those with healthy teeth and gums...
Problems for Ford began as soon as he arrived at Harvard. The University is not required by law to supply an aide for Ford, who has cerebral palsy and needs help with everyday tasks like brushing his teeth and getting dressed. It took three months for Ford to find an assistant he could afford. In the meantime, family members took turns living with...