Yet people are finding themselves in predicaments like one recently faced by a Star-Tribune columnist, whose 4-year-old son needed stitches.
人们常常发现自己处于一种窘境，就像是《明星论坛报》的一位专栏作家最近的遭遇。
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The Minneapolis StarTribune and the Philadelphia Inquirer are also on the brink, according to Lauren Fine, an industry expert at Kent State University.
The company, which plans to appeal the fine, says that "all trial issues were properly litigated by Medtronic's counsel," according to a statement cited by the StarTribune.