Word: ward
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...into the streets. Victims formed support groups; students learned to rally. Over every incident, big and small, that followed, politicians pelted the U.S. military with demands that it impose curfews, change treaties and shut down bases. The three men are serving seven-year sentences in a special Japanese prison ward for U.S. servicemen south of Tokyo--in which Woodland will probably be placed if he loses his case. After serving their sentence, the men will receive dishonorable discharges and be returned...
...rich and powerful family?only to have her life virtually destroyed. Host Durrani was born into wealth and advantage and was a glamorous politician's wife?until she went public with her own tale of victimhood. And so, Durrani and Fakhra became a team: privileged protector and wounded ward, trying to repair some of the damage done to Fakhra's life. They have also become twin avengers determined to rip the veil from the cruelty and hypocrisy present in the upper echelons of Pakistani society. This is their story...
...state fair meant to clear the lungs. The prize is a fit of coughing, which is good for your lungs and which feels like you're taking machine-gun rounds in the chest. But I keep making progress, not wanting to let down my buddies in the ward...
...uncomfortably dry?as low as 5% humidity is common, compared with 30% in the earth's temperate zones. Some doctors advise using saline sprays to prevent nasal passages from drying out, which makes them more susceptible to colds and other germs, and wearing glasses rather than contact lenses to ward off dry and itchy eyes. But don't expect the carriers to instigate change. "If airlines increased cabin humidity beyond the customary level, condensation inside the aircraft's interior walls would trickle downward after landing and eventually enter the plane's sensitive electronics system," says Luft-hansa's chief medical...
...When you get upstairs in the kids' ward, the tiny nurse about this size is my wife," says the large EMT, gesturing. "She'll take care...