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Franklin. 1804--69, US statesman; 14th president of the US (1853--57)

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Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House on the Prairie> pierce the enemy's line

Since public and private hospitals will only pierce ears, young girls and boys who want to pierce navels, eyebrows or noses have to resort to illegal home-based piercing shops.

A lethal trend

The Morning Call reported that Pierce "became suspicious when Cook, 22, of Easton, and Wright, 22, of Newark, N.

Whom shall we believe?

This article chronicles the unique partnership that Pierce Memorial Baptist Home in Brooklyn, Connecticut, has with local high schools in operating its ELDERtech program.

ELDERtech: promoting intergenerational understanding; Residents and teens explore the future and the past together

Corie Pierce used to be solidly in the ranks of the young, urban professionals.

Growing farmers: young professionals go back to the land

When Monte Pierce warms up before a competition, he doesn't stretch his leg or shoulder muscles.

Stretched to the limit

TONY PIERCE REMEMBERS vividly the exact moment in November 2000 when the state of California began trampling on his life.

Injustice by default: how the effort to catch "deadbeat dads" ruins innocent men's lives

From the very beginning, we design our track's components, whenever possible, with castings as our intent," said Rich Demski, project manager for new product development at Pierce Manufacturing, a manufacturer of fire trucks and accessories located in Appleton, Wisconsin.

Fighting fire with castings: firefighting is a high stress occupation for both the men and women in uniform and the castings that support them. This article profiles how castings are used to help protect people and aid those working toward fire prevention

It was about six years ago, when Neil Bush's son, Pierce, who is now 16 and a high school junior, was first diagnosed with attention-deficit disorder.

Prez' brother behind effort to ban educators from prescribing Ritalin. (Notebook: education information from schools, business, research and professional organizations)

Among noninfectious cases, granulomatous perichondritis of the nasal ala, sarcoidlike foreign body reaction from multiple piercing, paraphimosis from a distal penis pierce, and speech impairment, together with difficulty in chewing and swallowing from oral jewelry, have been reported (1,2,9,10).

Haemophilus aphrophilus endocarditis after tongue piercing. (Dispatches)

All cultures paint, pierce, tattoo or adorn their bodies, one anthropologist noted, to attract the opposite sex, boost self-esteem, show allegiance to a particular group or set themselves up as apart or different from the group.