Word: throw
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...pharmacy. There Moussa Traoré, 48, a thin, wan man who's one of two residents entrusted with the closet key, dispenses drugs with a studied seriousness. Since last year he has prescribed children suffering from diarrhea with 20 mg of zinc daily for about two weeks. Throw in oral-rehydration therapy (ORT), which has been the main weapon against diarrhea for the past few decades, and a treatment costs less than $0.30 - affordable even to Sogola's desperately poor families...
...Schuler episode hasn't prompted Morrell to throw away her bottle openers: "I'll continue with my more European point of view, showing my children by example that you can enjoy alcohol without anyone getting hurt...
...curled fingers are the sphere's protein spikes. As he looks down at his hand, his face breaks into a wry smile. "Forget the pandemic strain for a second and consider seasonal flu," he says. "How this virus can continue to evolve, maintain its viability no matter what we throw at it and cause us problems on an annual basis - it's just mind-blowing. I'll say this about it - it's a worthy adversary...
...second phone call, and I'm like, "What? That's all he's got for me?'" MARK BUEHRLE, of the Chicago White Sox, joking about President Barack Obama, an outspoken White Sox fan, who called to congratulate him on becoming the 18th pitcher in major league baseball history to throw a perfect game...
...other hand, we are wild and crazy speculators. The full-blown amateur spirit derives from this same paradox. Even as we indulge our native chutzpah - Live the dream! To hell with the naysayers! - as a practical matter, it also requires a profound humility, since the amateur must throw himself into situations where he's uncertain and even ignorant, and therefore obliged to figure out new ways of seeing problems and fresh ways of solving them. At this particular American inflection point, after the crash and before the rebuild, frankly admitting that we aren't absolutely certain how to proceed...