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Sheen has been arrested more than 60 times throughout his life for protesting various causes, and was a friend of the labor leader Dolores Huerta, whose image sits on a table in his dining room.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 3, 2026
Although the study does not establish that excess weight directly causes cognitive decline, its findings highlight body weight as a potentially important factor in maintaining cognitive health.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 2, 2026
Despite a round of antivirals, the flare turned into the painful condition Bell’s palsy, a complication that causes muscle weakness and drooping, often in one side of the face.
From Slate ● Nov. 1, 2026
Probable causes of their insanity are listed as fright, love, grief, childbirth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
A mechanical explanation, by contrast, is about external causes, not internal ones.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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