Only von Trier would think to hitch overheated political fury to a stripped-down dramatic technique, and only he could begin to get away with it.

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Fewer than 300 people in the study had gastric bypass surgery, a more dramatic technique in which the surgeon creates a golf-ball-shaped pouch to curb food intake.

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