Sulfa allergy is a term used to describe adverse drug reactions to sulfonamides, a group of drugs that includes those with and without antibiotic characteristics. Antibiotic sulfonamides were the first antibiotics used to treat infections, although today are used much less frequently given their common side effects.
City Hall offices may need new furniture when Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio takes over from Mayor Bloomberg, who stands 10 inches shorter than him. De Blasio, at 6 feet 5 inches, will be New York City's tallest mayor in recent memory. Ed Koch was said to be taller than 6 feet, Rudy Giuliani and David Dinkins were of average height, and Bloomberg once referred to himself as 5-foot-7. Bloomberg infamously listed his height as 5-foot-10 on his drivers license, but he was not the shortest mayor by far.
Paul Tiny Sturgess was drafted by the Harlem Globetrotters in August 2011 and is the tallest ever to play for the team. He joined the team with fellow rookie Jonte Too Tall Hall, who at 5 ft 2 in (1.57 m) is the shortest player ever and is 2.5 ft (76 cm) shorter than Sturgess. Sturgess wears a size 18 shoe. He is the second tallest living Englishman behind Neil Fingleton who is 7 ft 7.56 in (2.3256 m) tall. Examinations as a teenager revealed that his growth is healthy and not the result of disorder, but rather he possesses familial tall statureâthat is to say his height is genetic.