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...those living outside the reach of major metropolitan health systems, the good news does not hold: Residents of rural areas fared the worst in terms of overall indicators of health, with urbanites coming in a close second. Researchers found that rural residents tended to smoke more, lose their teeth more often and die sooner than their more citified peers. They also suffered from a lack of preventative and palliative care...
...Bonds broke my heart. Back in the early ?90s, he belied his bravado, choked stupendously during key playoff games, and left my beloved Pirates dangling just short of the World Series. Two years in a row I sat watching the hated Atlanta Braves play for the championship, gnashing my teeth and cursing Barry Bonds...
...also considering retiring when their terms are up in 2002. Same story there: both are fed up with the chamber and realize their party won't recapture it for a while. Domenici, who wielded considerable clout as Budget Committee chairman, now has to sit back and grit his teeth while Democrat Kent Conrad runs the show. Thompson has only $544,000 in his campaign bank and hasn't yet announced whether he'll seek reelection...
TOOTH BLEACHING If you have a cavity, using a do-it-yourself teeth-whitening kit could cause infection and nerve damage because the bleaching agent goes straight to the gums. Plus, oral surgeons say, the kits don't always do a great job. Best to avoid stains by brushing after every meal...
There are people who attend karate exhibitions to marvel at the discipline and focus that the sport demands of its participants, and the ritualism that evokes hundreds of years of history. Then there is karate master Kazuyoshi Ishii, who just likes watching people get their teeth knocked...