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...When he brought those samples back to Hong Kong, a frightening picture started to emerge. Not only was he again finding the SARS coronavirus in a host of rodent species?in addition to the civet cat, he also detected the virus in hog badgers, Eurasian badgers, raccoon badgers and ferret badgers?he was astonished, when he did the genomic sequencing, to observe that these coronaviruses had actually mutated to become more similar to the SARS coronavirus samples taken from humans during the first outbreak last spring. All this confirmed that the disease that had infected humans was again at large...
...that they carry a similar virus. Dr. Rob Breiman, an epidemiologist from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who is leading the WHO team currently tracing the origins of last year's epidemic in Guangdong, observes, "Everyone certainly thinks this is meaningful. But where is the civet cat in the chain? Are they getting it from another animal? Are civet cats infecting rodents as well as humans? We just don't know exactly where civet cats fit in." But he concedes, "From a political and public-health standpoint, it was a reasonable step in response...
...disarming style seemed to soften the hearts of the people of Adhamiya. "There are very few people who can break into your house, arrest your husband and then by the time he leaves, have everyone waving and smiling. It takes a special person," says Whiteside. "We all thought, This cat is invincible...
...position herself for the future with versions of Carly Simon's Anticipation, Carole King's I Feel the Earth Move and Joni Mitchell's Help Me. These are eclectic choices that would help define Moore's aesthetic--if only she had one. On Earth, Moore is bold; on Cat Stevens' Moonshadow, she is delicate; and on a particularly bad version of Blondie's One Way or Another, she even tries vamping. After a few tracks, you realize she's not covering these singers but coveting their personas. A dozen songs later, it's still hard to say exactly what Moore...
...this a "dead-cat bounce"--a temporary rebound from a permanent decline--or the first sign of true recovery? to paraphrase Winston Churchill, the rise in Japan's market may not signal the end of the country's troubles, nor the beginning of the end. But it may be the end of the beginning of its turnaround. As Tom Shrager, co-manager of Tweedy, Browne Global Value Fund, puts it, "Everything you hear about Japan you should consider in slow motion, because it moves so sluggishly." With that caveat, here are some reasons to be cheerful...