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...battles to keep women alive. In one such note, a nurse describes a woman, 18, who arrived at the hospital in late July suffering convulsions days after a traditional birth attendant delivered her baby at home. Four days later, the nurse wrote, "All due nursing care rendered but in vain. May her soul rest in peace." Six weeks later, I find the woman's father sitting outside the tiny family home atop an escarpment that overlooks Freetown. Holding the newborn baby, he says his daughter gave birth at home because "the terrain is too rough to reach the hospital...
...Smartcards passed the test. The Through-the-Pocket Test The Challenge: Perhaps the greatest advantage of these new Smartcards will be watching your fellow Housemates hump the new card readers furiously to open doors without taking their cards out of their pockets. But will their humping be in vain? The Result: Hump away! The Through-the Wallet Test The Challenge: In a similar vein to the previous challenge, will backing your derrière into the card reader only result in failed entry? The Result: Back that thang...
...billions of dollars that power television drug advertisements may have been spent in vain, according to a study released by Harvard Medical School...
...wonder T-shirts saying Go Sarah! started sprouting up by mid-afternoon. Beagley's own homemade batch of 150 McCain/Palin t-shirts arrived at 2 p.m. and were sold out within the hour, leaving Palin fans sifting in vain through piles of shirts that say Grim Reefer and Chicks Dig Me. In town, businesses have been putting up exuberant messages of support, as if Sarah! was once again on the high school basketball team, headed off to state finals...
...books with names like Faith of My Fathers, Character Is Destiny and Why Courage Matters, McCain has said his captivity was a personal turning point that opened his eyes to causes larger than himself, transforming a vain jet jockey into a servant of his country. It was also a political turning point that forged his views on foreign affairs. McCain saw Vietnam as an honorable and winnable war botched by spineless politicians who tied the hands of American soldiers and betrayed their South Vietnamese allies, dishonoring the U.S. and emboldening its enemies. And those were not just knee-jerk reactions...