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Bad example

The fact that battle cytokines such as TNF trigger the migration of DCs to a lymph node also makes perfect sense. After all, you want

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Blacksburg to Kunduz

I remember the feeling of the world falling and crashing all around me, like the very bodies of concrete, humans and steel falling from the

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Hello out there

I don’t think that I’ve ever done anything this retarded before, wide awake at 5:14 am and with a huge exam to take in 5

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Sit and have a shot of vodka

In response to Amil Imani's “Mistaken insanity”: Amil Imani, You actually have the nerve to identify yourself as someone who has “been writing and speaking

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Cheapening of the word

I read Pope Benedict’s apology to Muslims and other offended persons today for his controversial choice of words last week at Regensburg.  Evidently, he did

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Zidane for president

So yeah, maybe it’s too late to talk about this, but the World Cup this year was pretty disappointing.  I mean, the soccer was great,

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Lessons from Oaxaca

During most of the month of June, my brother and I traveled together throughout Central and Southern Mexico.  It was a memorable trip, both because

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Saturday on the strip

The plane fills up and takes off at 3:30 pm.  The back of this Miami-bound airplane has all kinds of people in it, but the

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A supermarket story

Sunday meant sales at the supermarket on Stone Street.  The street itself was a wide, sunburned strip of asphalt that ran along the shore of

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Right, wrong & religion

I read Alireza M.’s article “Where are our good girls?”, which tried to persuade readers that a lack of religion among Iranian diaspora youth has

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Disband or change

Everyone in the U.S., at least on paper, is entitled to their own worldview, as long as it does not impinge upon the guaranteed freedoms

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Oppression Olympics

This article is part of an ongoing debate which started with Golbarg Bashi's article “They know best: Iranian women's conference was more chaotic and verbally

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Love in Persian

Let me make a bold statement: there is no way to say “I love you” in Persian. Now let me toss in my disclaimer: at

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The joys of saving a life

What satisfactions do you expect to receive from your activities as a physician? Enter your response in essay format. LIMIT WRITING TO 2475 CHARACTERS. I

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Dance monkey dance!

You talk and talk and talk Driven by the motor in your mouth, Guzzling lies and propaganda Pumped from the killing fields of Iraq And

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Dentist’s office

When a maaaaaaaaaan, loves a woman … Fluorescent lights glare down and constrict my pupils, although it feels like they are dilating. Michael Bolton is

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The good teachings

I am happy to see Maziar Shirazi's confirmation, in his article ” Equal? please…”, of the major correction I submitted earlier (in response to Vida

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Equal? Please…

Mr. Bhujwala, thank you for your article and clarification of one aspect of Vida Kashizadheh's article, but it seems you have some misconceptions as well.

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Someone else’s problem

This piece incorporates experiences from working with AIDS prevention/awareness NGO in Brazil, as well as my research into the social and cultural aspects of illness

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