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...course in gruesome detail, leaving many readers to believe that Ebola posed a looming threat to human existence. The truth is, however, that since the first recorded human cases in the 1970s, only a few hundred people have died from it. Of all the diseases you need to be afraid of, Ebola is near the bottom of the list. Unless, that is, you're a gorilla. Over the past decade or so, tens of thousands of the great apes have died of Ebola in central Africa, along with similar numbers of chimpanzees. That the disease was responsible was established...
...managing editor, and before he was allowed to cover Mass. Hall, Halberstam applied his reportorial skills to less-glamorous assignments. He covered freshman baseball and intramural basketball before working his way up to varsity football. He quickly developed a distinctive style, and he wasn’t afraid to excoriate the Harvard gridiron squad for sloppy play—as an October 1954 lede by Halberstam attests...
...less represented in the political sphere, said Epstein. “There is only one openly humanist politician currently serving in Congress, Senate, or governor offices,” Epstein said. “We know that there are many more humanists in the political world, but they are afraid to speak about humanism because most people only know that we don’t believe in a supernatural god. Atheists are the group that Americans would be least likely to vote for president.” Friday night’s event was open to the public and organized...
...pair, who have essentially been DH-ing since the start of their careers, offer a glimpse at the position's future. For years, managers were afraid to DH young players because of the pressure inherent in the position. If your job is just to hit, you'd better hit. "You're going to go with a veteran guy who can handle the pressure," says Didier. "When he sits on the bench, he's not going to want to hit the bat over his head if he goes 0 for 4. Those young guys are insecure, boy." But Hafner and Ortiz...
...Cannes regular described Oldboy as a Tarantino movie that Tarantino would be afraid to make. It surely has its quota of Quentinian quirks, including cool bad guys dressed in black, a revenge motif that won't quit, some acts of abuse that would have given de Sade appreciative shivers - and, most important, an expert's joy in expanding and subverting the rules of the genre...