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...least two or three million times a year for nearly a 100 years. And the knee was still perfect - there was absolutely no arthritis. How could this be? Only by virtue of being alive. The living joint has all sorts of intricate self-repair machinery, machinery that works to undo damage - right down to the molecular level. And, frankly, it doesn't usually work as well as it did in that patient. But its there in all living things - an automatic machinery that works against the laws of nature. We can call it hypercomplexity, or fearful and wondrous manufacture...
...levels continue rising unabated, by 2100 coral could be utterly extinct. "If we can't contain the CO2 problem and enact strong coral reef conservation measures, we will lose them," says Carpenter. The depressing fate of the coral could be a reminder that climate change has the power to undo all the work of wildlife conservation over the past century...
...currently in the process of being canonized by the Catholic Church. But inclusion of the santos malandros has raised controversy among devotees of espiritismo (also known as santeros). That's because they are regarded as spirits with a "low light," who, in order to gain redemption in death, must undo the harm they did in life...
...deleterious impact on students. This year, the Department of Education issued new federal rules aimed at curtailing financial exploitation. Though these new policies were well intentioned, they were also more lenient than many state regulations already in place. The federal intervention could weaken current state laws and undo the accomplishments of New York State Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo in convincing dozens of universities and lending corporations to agree upon a more stringent code of conduct in lender negotiations...
...immediate risk is that China could still be awash in antiforeigner sentiment in August, when Beijing will welcome the world for the Olympic Games. It would take only a couple of instances of violence against foreigners to undo years of official campaigns to make the capital extra-hospitable--coaxing Beijingers to learn English and stop spitting in the streets, for example...