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...matter, and they realize that O.J. loves the children and that they should have their father's influence." So far the Brown family is waffling, but they've also made conciliatory statements. Juditha Brown, Nicole's mother, told the Los Angeles Times last week, "Blood is thicker than anything. He is their father...
...dropped out of ECHO, cold turkey. ``I had forgotten that the real world is so complex and fascinating.'' She's back in cyberspace now, this time in a paid position at ECHO overseeing its 54 conferences, but she has learned to navigate online with greater perspective and a thicker skin. That doesn't mean she's become detached, though. ``This is an emotional place, not just a communications device,'' she says. All of this may sound strangely overwrought to those who have yet to venture online. The Internet, after all, has been touted largely as an unwalled repository...
...usually reserved for treating phobias. In the early '70s, London researchers reported a novel treatment for the obsessive-compulsive washing that comes from a pathological fear of dirt: they confined a washer to a hospital room and arranged for the room to be increasingly soiled. As the grime got thicker, the patient's anxiety level would rise and rise-the doctors had turned off the water taps-until the agony was no longer bearable. At which point, no, the doctors did not take the patient out of the room-they were pitiless and quite successful-the aversion would break...
...memories are always thick at the Beanpot, where college hockey hands out the bragging rights for Boston. And this year, as the tournament makes its last visit to the Boston Garden, they are thicker than ever...
...Savant: "Ah, I'm skating on thicker ice here. Cavities ((correct)), nearsightedness ((correct)) and I think a missing patellar reflex might indicate what Grandma used to call 'housemaid's knee' ((wrong...