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California Recall? What a Bummer...
...Asia's hoteliers-seasoned innkeepers who have stared down many a crisis-this summer will be a write-off and SARS is the worst bottom-line bummer they can remember. It's worse, and much longer, than the slumps that followed 9/11, the Bali bombing, the Iraq war and even the Asian currency crisis. "Devastating," Palmer calls it. A last-quarter spike in visitor numbers is more than a prediction these days: it's an article of millennial faith...
...eyes, for those are the only facial features visible above surgical masks. (Oh, and the ears, if that's your fetish.) Usually packed hangouts?bars, clubs, karaoke parlors and restaurants?are no-go zones, while each day brings news of more concert cancellations. And it's an equal-opportunity bummer: the Rolling Stones, Santana and DJ Shadow have all said no. Even Mong Kok's celebrated prostitutes are losing customers. Hong Kong's new leisure activity? Breathlessly anticipating the Health Department's early-evening release of the number of new SARS cases that day. If the tally is more than...
Then there was Friday’s game with BU, a bummer of an ending to what was otherwise a very good season...
...Some of these phenomena can easily be explained. Spouses are exposed to the same allergens, which can play a role in triggering asthma attacks, and they tend to have similar diets, which can affect blood pressure and cholesterol levels. And certainly if one partner is depressed, it's a bummer for the other. But ulcers? Doctors know they are caused by a bacterium that's not contagious. "For some of these, there's simply no good explanation," says Julia Hippisley-Cox, senior author of the study. What we do know: if your spouse becomes ill with something, you should...