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...oral cancer than those who did not have the virus. These findings dwarf the increased risk of developing this so-called oropharyngeal cancer associated with the two major risk factors: smoking (3 times greater) or drinking (2.5 times greater). HPV infection drives cancerous growth, as it is widely understood to do in the cervix. But unlike cervical cancer, this type of oral cancer is more prevalent...
...place. “I guess I was out of the loop,” Murphy said. Harvard men’s soccer coach John Kerr said that he “wasn’t involved in any of the buildup” to the meeting, but he understood Altchek’s reasoning behind its organization. “He had a great experience as a captain this year,” Kerr said. “He was very adamant that we adhere to all the standards that Harvard represents.” Altchek, who prepared...
...from 1906 to 1910, and in his work you see the bluntness of Manet, the blue shadows (but not the flittering light effects) of the Impressionists and traces of De Chirico. He had no use for pure abstraction, but the intricate construction of his pictures shows how well he understood...
...unmatched in the Democratic field. Yes, several other Dems--Biden, Chris Dodd, Bill Richardson--can match her on foreign policy, but Clinton's years on the Armed Services Committee have been well spent. I once asked a well-known general if there were any Democrats running for President who understood the way military leaders think, and he said, "You mean, aside from Hillary...
...what happened in the station's kitchen continues to play out, not unlike the true-life case of a Japanese soldier lost for 29 years in the Philippines jungles, who refused to believe World War II had ended. "When I heard this story as an adult I felt I understood Hiroo Onada," Perdita recounts. "It was possible that someone might carry a war inside them, and that isolation might...