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...AIDS virus. Bickering aside, both new findings help confirm the theory that the AIDS virus evolved from a microbe that commonly infects African green monkeys, apparently causing them no harm. Essex's team identified the monkey virus last year and speculated that it had first spread to humans who ate monkey meat or were bitten by the animals. Somewhere along the line, Essex hypothesizes, the virus mutated into the lethal AIDS-causing form. His newly discovered strain might be one of several intermediate forms that arose as the virus mutated. Says Essex: "I predict there will be other viruses...
...Philippines; and even a second palace in Marcos' home province, Ilocos Norte, which almost no one knew about until now. One took the spectacle in with a feeling of wonder and disgust, something like one's reaction, as a child, upon learning that Egypt's King Farouk ate 600 oysters a week...
...narcotics experimenting can result in some peculiar side effects for some participants. "The tests so far seem to be conducted in a mature, business-like fashion by responsible, competent people, not witch doctors," says another paid subject. "When I lost my memory and couldn't remember what I ate for dinner, they were more interested than anything else. But they had warned us before about possible side effects. Still, I was more out of control than I have ever been...
...probably hear as many stories as teachers hear about why [students] can't do their homework--you know, the dog ate it," says Clifford...
...down and act his age. When he went to the hospital the other day for his colon checkup, he had been off solid food for 24 hours. After then enduring all the indignities of a thorough exam, he gave a thumbs up, climbed into his helicopter for Camp David, ate a hearty meal and announced to his weary companions that they would all see a movie...