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...bug that really terrifies the experts is influenza--not the ordinary sort, which kills tens of thousands each year, but a new strain that could cause a worldwide pandemic and kill tens of millions. The virus itself is not all that deadly: unlike Ebola or hantavirus, it kills only a small percentage of those who get it. But unlike those two more horrific diseases, the flu is so contagious that nearly everyone gets it. That's what happened in 1918, when 20 million people died. Says Nancy Cox, chief of the CDC's influenza branch: "We can say with certainty...
...scientists were somehow to prove that extraterrestrial life does not exist. For us on Earth to be alone in the galaxy would indeed be stunning. If other life does exist, what we might find is something else: not in the context of little green men or bug-eyed monsters, but in the perspective of where we are now in our development...
...freshmen--otherwise known as knobs--entering the Citadel hope to be ready for the rigors of Hell Week and beyond. Local alumni representatives will have taught them what is the best kind of sandpaper to keep their uniform brass tarnish free, the most effective bug repellent (knobs are not permitted to scratch in public), the most reliable alarm clocks and the most durable T shirts. They will also be mentally prepared for the ritual hazing, designed to remind cadets that the military has no room for free spirits. As Henry Woods, class of '67, told an incoming group recently, "Remember...
...bland dialogue of the move-the-plot sort, as if the writers were fearful of departing from the formulaic awkwardness of courtship. O'Connell as Joe gamely spends his time undergoing the gags tossed at him throughout the movie, but usually sounds even more stilted than this one-trick-bug of a movie allows. Ward's Lily isn't given much to do but be pursued, compliment Joe and act nobly...
With runners like those, Harvard had a head start on its competition. The problem was, once the injury bug hit in the spring, there was little else to back them...