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Other disease-related terms include 'Precancerous conditions' (11,8), 'Pulmonary fibrosis' (5,5; a condition involving chronic inflammation and progressive fibrosis of the pulmonary alveolar walls), and 'Systemic scleroderma' (4,6; characterized by hardening of affected tissues).
While Pompeii was incinerated by volcanic cinders, a minimum of 20 m (65 ft) of ash and mud swamped Herculaneum, hardening and covering the houses in a protective crust that kept upper stories and even some of the woodwork intact.
Both USAT and the LAT note that the panel did not address the health consequences of ruptured implants, nor, adds USAT , problems of infection or painful breast hardening.
Corriere della Sera of Milan reported a hardening of the Italian government's line toward illegal immigrants from Kosovo, now that the war is over.
The Los Angeles Times and USA Today lead with a court-ordered scientific panel's finding of no credible evidence that silicone breast implants cause disease, a story that also makes the New York Times front, but runs inside at the Washington Post . The WP goes with the House Judiciary Committee's ever-increasing hardening of partisan lines concerning impeachment.