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Finally, because infection or prosthetic loosening after hip replacement might be weight-related, we sought to explore whether individuals requiring either prosthetic removal or reimplantation surgery are overweight or obese.
The WP sees in the findings a criticism of the Clinton administration policy of loosening export restrictions, which, according to the papers, the committee wants re-cinched.
I spent some time ferreting about in the new material and am pleased to report (as I suspected) a sane and sensible approach (in chapter 15) to such topics as “The trend towards informality” (the language, even in Britain, is loosening up), “The objections to sexist language” (“Present usage is unstable.
To join, Turkey must improve its human rights record by abolishing the use of torture and loosening free speech strictures.
The WP piece doesn't even mention Khameni (although another Post front pager, on Iran's loosening of domestic social restrictions, especially on women and intellectuals, does so in the course of an informative paragraph on the Iranian power structure).