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I was in an automobile accident and sustained serious internal injuries.

After blood transfusions, surgery, several days in intensive care and more time getting back on my feet, I was released from the hospital.

My daughter and daughter-in-law (a nurse) said I nearly died twice.

But two of my sons said I was nowhere near death.

How can they have such disparate views of the experience?

—Pat Burnett, Peoria, Ill.As modern medicine saves so many lives routinely, your sons may simply be expressing their awareness of that fact.

You might have been in critical condition at times yet “nowhere near death” because you were in a hospital, and remedies were at hand.

Why are walnuts often not included in cans of mixed nuts?

—Harry Millinghausen, Avalon, N.J.Many walnuts have a high fat content.

Once their can is opened, these walnuts will go rancid much faster than other nuts.

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...ba href=/anxiety/a/b and frenzy about the presidential candidate of the ruling party.

Health issue is a sensitive one.

In any case, a person’s health is God given.

Now, God’s prerogative is at the centre of the political space.

As things stand, whatever happens to Yar’Adua will dictate the future political direction of the nation.

To some people, his death will be a good omen.

To others, it connotes evil consequences on the transition.

In other sphere, it is all a propaganda ploy, a smart spin that threatened a very powerful political bloc in the country.

The spin hits right at the heart of the presidency placing the ruling party on the defensive and poisoning the campaigns.

The campaigns had all along been about propaganda mixed with facts of politics.

Having suffered exhaustion at such a crucial time, Yar’Adua’s health gave ammunition to the opposition within and without the PDP.

The spinning hitherto without a conclusive foundation was then empowered, leading to the death scare that gripped the nation for more than seven hours.

Now that the governor is alive, the politicking with his health question has refused to die.

The opposition by spreading the death scare has succeeded in imprinting in the voters’ psyche that the PDP candidate is sick.

Whatever success the spin must have provided, it is hard to see what political gains may accrue to the opposition parties from the incident.

The handling of the crisis by the PDP leadership was a demonstration o...

...ba href=/anxiety/a/b at the Murtala Mohammed Airport on Friday following the request by an Ethiopian Airline for emergency landing.

The aircraft, flying to Lome, Togo, from Addis Ababa developed a technical fault mid air and requested for emergency landing for rectification.

The pilot of the aircraft, it was learnt, obtained clarification from the nation’s aviation regulatory body, the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), for the purpose.

Operators in the industry who are just recovering from the series of terrible air accidents that occured in the country last year, did not take the matter lightly as they made frantic efforts to ensure the aircraft landed safely.

The aircraft, which landed at about 12pm at the international wing of the airport, was provided with the necessary landing aids, including fire cover.

The Special Assistant (Media) to the Director General of NCAA, Sam Adurogboye, who confirmed the incident on phone.

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