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Students had mixed opinions about the potential flu epidemic. Most indicated that they did not feel an immediate threat, although they said that they would stop eating chicken if the flu appeared in American poultry. According to Blendon, cooked birds are safe...

Author: By David Jiang, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Poll Shows U.S. Averse to Bird Flu | 2/27/2006 | See Source »

...meeting, which stretched into the early-morning hours, took place at the Makito home of Jose Cojuangco, brother of former President Corazon Aquino. While Cojuangco's daughter kept a buffet table piled high with chicken sandwiches, macaroni salad and cookies, Pastor Saycon, a businessman and longtime Arroyo critic, outlined plans for a new government. (Saycon invited TIME's Nelly Sindayen to witness the meeting.) While more than a dozen businessmen and politicians listened, Saycon phoned a person he identified as a U.S. official in Washington. "You will still be our friend, not China," Saycon assured the man. Saycon then phoned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dinner with Coup Plotters | 2/26/2006 | See Source »

...wars to get it," says Nelson, who concedes that cars powered by his diesel blend emit fumes that can smell like French fries. Vehicles that run on grease have crossed the Atlantic too. Trucks used by the British supermarket firm ASDA advertise the slogan THIS VEHICLE IS POWERED BY CHICKEN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: You're Putting What in There? | 2/26/2006 | See Source »

...Knotts turned it into something grander, winning five Emmys in the process. A bid for family-film stardom in vehicles like The Incredible Mr. Limpet fell short, but Knotts was consistently in demand for character roles on sitcoms and in films, most recently lending his voice to Disney's Chicken Little.V...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones Mar. 6, 2006 | 2/26/2006 | See Source »

...being discussed. More than a dozen middle-level politicians and businessmen, including current Representative Robert Jaworski, Jr. and former Representative Ding Tanjuatco, were in and out of the meeting, which ran well past 1 a.m. While one of Cojuangco's daughters kept a buffet table piled high with chicken sandwiches, macaroni salad, corn and cookies, Pastor Saycon, a businessman and longtime Arroyo critic, discussed a new government. As the others listened, Saycon spoke over the phone to a person he identified as an American official in Washington, assuring him that the post-coup regime would remain on good terms with...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Emergency Rules | 2/26/2006 | See Source »

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