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Dante's Peak gives movie critics an occasion to reaffirm a movie-critic's article of faith: the efficacy of generic formulas and special effects, trite though they may be.
Patients underwent successive treatment interruptions after an initial treatment period of at least 8 mo (median, 508 d; range, 245–1,096 d) and were required to restart therapy when viral load exceeded 50,000 RNA copies/ml plasma on a single occasion, or 5,000 copies/ml for three consecutive weeks.
The religious observation of All Souls’ Day, or Día de los Muertos, on November 2, is an occasion for many families to erect altars specifically for a parent or other family member who has recently died.
On another occasion, after Streisand confessed that she had never seen an uncircumcised penis, Peters ordered the couple's driver to come over and drop his pants.
The National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) defines at-risk drinking as consumption of more than 14 drinks/week or more than 4 drinks/occasion for men ages 18 to 65.