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...Arkansas, Governor Mike Huckabee has encouraged trick-or-treaters to engage in church or school activities instead because "we can't handle the panic that comes when a parent encounters a broken Pixy Stick in a sack and thinks it is anthrax." And businesses, fully aware that Halloween is the nation's second biggest shopping holiday, are trying to adapt too. Universal Studios in Orlando, Fla., is continuing its 11-year tradition of Halloween Horror Nights but has changed the name of its dance club from the Blood Bath to the Ooze Zone. Other businesses are erring on the side...
There are several antibiotics you can use to combat anthrax--but only one gets all the ink: Cipro. We profile Bayer's suddenly hot drug and look at why it has become the anthrax fighter of choice. time.com/cipro...
...Unlike Windows 95, which came out at a time of peace and prosperity, Microsoft's newest operating system is landing in the middle of the slowest economy in a decade. The company's time-to-upgrade message is fighting for the attention of consumers distracted by war, hijackings and anthrax. Consumers have lost their sense of urgency about new technology...
...Thompson hasn't always been good, however, this time around he's been lucky. The anthrax scare has been a decidedly small one, with only eight infections so far and all but one caught in time. And while HHS, an amalgam of a dozen divisions that deals with everything from aging to drugs, has never been the smoothest-running machine in Washington, so far it has effectively mobilized its resources and overseen the testing of thousands and the treatment of all who have needed it. The small scale has also let Thompson maintain that we have enough antibiotics to handle...
Sometimes it takes a disaster to bring out hidden strengths in our leaders. The anthrax scare may have emptied offices on Capitol Hill last Wednesday, but Representatives J.C. Watts of Oklahoma, Diane Watson of California and Eddie Bernice Johnson of Texas, among others, demonstrated a heretofore unrecognized capacity to get jiggy with it in a new music video by rapper MC HAMMER, filmed by the Capitol's reflecting pool. In keeping with the song's inspirational message, which Hammer described as "take it head on, be strong, stand up and fight," the pols were at their feistiest...