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What about bird flu? This year's flu shots (designed last spring) were not meant to protect against the bird flu that is infecting chickens and ducks and some people in Thailand and Malaysia. There is still no vaccine for bird...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health: Flu-Shot Anxiety | 10/18/2004 | See Source »

Playing by the early bird rule book has its perks. Karlin notes that “being up that early really makes you get a start on the day” and adds “you always feel more productive after postering”. As more and more student groups join the fray each Monday and Thursday, the postering debate will continue to rage. Meanwhile, some marketing renegades are bypassing orthodox methods to spread their messages of tickets, free pizza and comps. Horan admits that her favorite unauthorized place to poster is an oft-overlooked...

Author: By A. HAVEN Thompson, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Survivor, Postering Style | 10/14/2004 | See Source »

...nicely in 2004?Thaksin told TIME he thought a rate of 6.5% was achievable?but it will not reach the level of 8% he predicted at the beginning of the year. In his interview with TIME, Thaksin blamed the reduced forecast on unrest in the south along with SARS, bird flu and rising oil prices. Yet even if the other problems disappeared, the south would continue to demand his attention. Though Thai authorities have imposed martial law in the south, pledged hundreds of millions of dollars in development aid, and tried to involve local communities in decision making, the area...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Southern Front | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...Louisiana native first landed on Seventh Avenue in the 1950s and started his line in 1963, raising the standards of American design with technical innovations, sumptuous fabrics and minimalist creations whose streamlined silhouettes belied their complicated construction. He dressed numerous First Ladies and socialites, including Pat Nixon, Lady Bird Johnson and Gloria Vanderbilt, and was widely admired for his facility with cut and his uncompromising creative vision. He created the playful baby-doll dress in the 1960s and the sporty "Beene bag" dress in the '70s, and in the early '90s used ballerinas as models to demonstrate the ethereal lightness...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MILESTONES: GEOFFREY BEENE | 10/11/2004 | See Source »

...usually set our prices at the beginning of the semester, and they usually stay that way for the whole year,” said Carol J. Bird, an employee at the Dash Caf?...

Author: By Jennifer P. Jordan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Starbucks Raises Prices On All Drinks | 10/8/2004 | See Source »

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