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...across the ice, but rather slide it from a crouched-down starting position that involves sliding on one foot and somehow not falling over. As Bronowski more elegantly explains, the move looks kind of like an eagle soaring. Players can alter the direction of the rock by curling their wrist left or right, while their teammates assist as well by sweeping the ice in front of the traveling rock for a nice, smooth ride...
...neck at the second cervical vertebra in a horseback-riding accident in 1995. But Reeve's doctors announced last week that a little of what the actor lost that day is coming back. He can move the other fingers of his left hand too, as well as his right wrist. He can straighten his arms and legs and, in a swimming pool, initiate a step and push off against the wall. And he can survive for up to two hours off his respirator. Most satisfying, he has regained a remarkable level of physical sensation. "[My wife] Dana likes to rest...
CARPAL CONUNDRUM For long-term relief from the painful wrist condition called carpal-tunnel syndrome, do you go for surgery or stick to the support of less-invasive wrist splints? Go for the knife, suggests a study of 176 patients, half of whom underwent surgery and half of whom wore splints. After three months, 80% of the surgery group showed improvement, in contrast to 54% of those who wore splints. After 18 months, 90% of the surgery patients had improved--and 41% of the others had opted for the operation...
...disputed the government's right to hold her client. After the hearing, Padilla was incarcerated in the nearby Metropolitan Correctional Center--less than a mile from ground zero--where he spent 23 hours a day in lockdown. When he did leave his cell, he wore leg and wrist shackles. Judge Michael Mukasey, a conservative with a tough-but-fair reputation, was scheduled to rule on the matter on June 11, but he never got the chance. On June 10, Newman was driving to work when she got a call from a friend at court: Padilla was no longer...
STEP 2: RECOGNIZE THE SYMPTOMS. Dry eyes, back aches, wrist cramping and numb fingers are signs that you are spending too much time at the keyboard...