The lipstick pressed down on my mouth like an unwanted kiss. I froze, willing it to be over. She smiled at her handiwork, our faces far too close for comfort.

During the crusades, many Muslims and Christians and Jews were slaughtered.

Mother took our plates away and came back with some fruit for us to eat.

But for a vast majority of cancers, more intensive regimens of standard chemotherapeutic drugs did not necessarily mean more survival.