The Oldie

The fickle finger of fate

When you read about a potentially life-saving medical advance, I suppose your pleasure should be unconfined. Here, unequivocally, is progress.

But, occasionally, if you’ve lost a friend or relative to a disease that has since become curable, you’re inclined to rail a little against the injustice of the world and the cruelty of fate.

Why was the advance not made earlier, when it might have

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