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Rather than fight on Saddam's terms, Pentagon officials say, they intend to squeeze the city gradually until his power is choked off. If the regime should appear to be crumbling, U.S. forces would probably move into the capital in force. Otherwise, the plan calls for them to continue encircling Baghdad. At week's end, only 25,000 or so U.S. troops were in the vicinity of the capital, but that number will steadily rise. The U.S. plans to communicate to Baghdad residents through leaflets and radio and TV broadcasts that Saddam's rule is all but finished. Civilians would...
...possible. Researchers don't know enough about SARS to say for sure, but in general, viruses can be shed for several days before symptoms appear...
...what makes SARS so frightening to scientists and the public is how much is still unknown about it, including where it came from, exactly how it spreads, how long its incubation period lasts (and thus how long a victim has been contagious when symptoms appear) and whether a vaccine will ever be available. Infectious-disease specialists are haunted by the great Spanish Influenza pandemic of 1918-19; it killed fewer than 3% of its victims but infected so many that at least 20 million people died in just 18 months--more than were killed in combat in World...
...they are to analyze a marketing problem. "One of the things we realized pretty quickly is that, especially if you're an entrepreneur, your personal life affects your business life," says Joanne Dennison, 43, who co-founded the group. "Our favorite saying is 'Leap, and the net will appear.' We are the net for one another." Last year the group added an extra layer of intimacy to its web of support. Each member took a decorative angel inscribed with her name to the December meeting. Then the women passed the angels around in a circle while one member read...
Another problem is the dire predictions and catastrophic language being used to describe the spread of the disease. Headlines calling the disease an “epidemic” when the number of people possibly infected in this country is still miniscule make the disease appear much more serious and widespread than it has proven so far. (Although China, as usual, has been prevaricating about the extent of infection, and it might be larger there than Beijing admits.) Harvard’s recommended moratorium on University-related trips to East Asia is overcautious. The recommendation has added to the sense...