Word: birding
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most of the world has heard of the "bird flu" that emerged in Hong Kong last year, infecting 18 people and killing six. One patient, a young woman, remains on a ventilator under intensive care. Although no new cases have been discovered since Dec. 28, virologists consider the emergence of this new virus one of the most significant and worrisome medical events of the day. And they don't think the danger has passed. In fact, the critical period could just now be arriving in Hong Kong. This is the start of the traditional flu season, when the new virus...
...gene known as H5--one that is notoriously lethal to chickens. Shortridge did briefly wonder if the virus might eventually cause problems for humans. In an earlier study, conducted with great discretion, his lab had found that residents of rural Hong Kong had antibodies to all the known bird-flu viruses. What that suggested, says Shortridge, was that "any virus could cross the species barrier to humans. But whether it could set up an infection, be established as an infection and maintained as an infection is, of course, another matter...
...need a T-Bird or an "I Like Ike" button to enjoy that classic American institution of the fifties: the drugstore soda fountain. According to local fountain proprietor Phylis E. Madanian, you can find one of only three operating Massachusetts soda fountains around the corner from the Square on Brattle Street...
...Cambridge resident reports that her boyfriend yelled at her, grabbed her jacket, emptied out her refrigerator, and threw her bird cage on the floor...
...neither bird, nor plane nor Superman, folks. It's a 3Com PalmPilot...