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A new study found people who es have e
wear disposable contact lenses are The :
far more likely to develop poten- explore
tially blinding eye ulcers than those posables,
with regular soft lenses. But hope the
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Adams, 62, graduated from S(
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Adams has traveled all over the ?
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He has done field work in Mexico
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Adams and his wife are both
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Adams and his family are curntly
planning a trip to Moscow
>r a part of the summer. The trip
to present a paper written by
dams on the "Law of Gitsan
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He will present the paper in a
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hoping for assistance from the
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The trip will allow students in
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icperiences.
Adams and his wife are also
orking together on a book. It is
entered around the migration of
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