Word: bouting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Call it a case of plumbing panic. Within two years, the President and Barbara Bush develop the same overactive thyroid disorder, and best-selling pooch Millie suffers from a bout of doggie lupus. Heightening the drama, doctors reveal that both of these diseases hail from the mysterious realm of autoimmune disorders, which occur when the body unaccountably begins attacking itself. Pundits confidently calculate the odds of such a coincidence at 1 in 3 million. Latter-day Clouseaus begin looking everywhere for a culprit. Dan Quayle raises questions about the ancient plumbing at the Naval Observatory -- the official 100-year...
Remaining losses went to Mary Greenhill, Brooke Bailey, Heather Sullivan and Polly Butler. The three Crimson victories went to Co-Captain Daphne Onderdonk, junior Carrie Cunningham and sophomore Vanya Desai. Despite a bout with nausea, a flu-fever and memories of a three-game loss to Tiger Jen Roos last week, Desai rallied to a beautiful three-game victory this time around...
...number of reported cases has surged, from 33,700 in 1980 to 47,800 last year. Those figures represent only a small fraction of the problem, since most cases, - while unpleasant, pass quickly and go unreported. Experts believe that each year as many as 4 million Americans have a bout with salmonella. Occasionally the infection is serious enough to require hospitalization, and it can lead to arthritis, neurological problems and even death. The elderly, AIDS sufferers and others with weakened immune systems are especially vulnerable to the disease, which claims 2,000 lives annually...
BUSINESS: An epic slump gives builders a bad bout of the blues...
...with 20 minutes remaining in Saturday's game, it looked like a second bout of a two-period overtime for this reporter...