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...fact, Blue had hip dysplasia, a fairly common and sometimes crippling degenerative condition in dogs and cats. The cure - a complete hip replacement - would keep Blue in recovery for up to six months. So while Waters mulled the surgery, Blue's regular veterinarian sent Waters to see another local vet, Kathy Mitchener, who was trained in acupuncture, to treat Blue's pain. But Mitchener had a better idea. She offered a cutting-edge stem-cell transplant, a therapy not yet available to humans, that would potentially help Blue's hip repair itself...
Like many temperance activists, going back more than a century, both DiCiccio and Drieslein have had problems controlling their own alcohol use. DiCiccio, a Vietnam vet originally from Midland, Pa., says he quit drinking in 1988 and then switched careers, from selling cars to helping others get sober. Drieslein, who grew up in San Diego, started drinking at 12 and went into recovery 18 years later, after indulging in six to 12 beers a night for many years...
...Holy Spirit, their favorite Scriptures and the focus of their prayers. And so we treat their pastors as partisan players, their churches as focus groups. How is that likely to affect the choices candidates make, the churches they join, the counsel they seek? Will they have to vet their congregations the way they do their Cabinets? Or follow Richard Nixon's example and move services into the White House, where he found them to be the ideal opportunity to reward friends and woo donors and twist arms, all the while singing, "He will hold me fast/ For my Saviour loves...
...more than anything else. "I mean, this is a game that can be played," he told reporters Tuesday in St. Louis, Mo. "Everybody who is tangentially related to our campaign, I think, is going to have a whole host of relationships. I would have to hire a vetter to vet the vetters. I mean, at some point, you know, we've just asked people to do their assignments...
...Down Low in the Entertainment Industry - from Music to Hollywood has had celebrity blogs in a mini-frenzy since Simon and Schuster announced last year that he would release a book dishing about closeted gays in the entertainment industry. The catch? The 10-year industry vet doesn't actually reveal names; he instead uses a slew of blind items recounting his run-ins - often intimate - with famous gay men hiding out in the film, television and music worlds. In a time when authors are being unmasked as frauds, some may find Dean's reliance on blind items very convenient...