Word: contagions
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...share in the excitement of a fellow bench mate, who inadvertently registered amazement as the male soloist began singing in a surprisingly bass voice. Although the songs were in a foreign language, the emotion in the soloists’ voices enveloped the audience in the universality of music.A similar contagion spread during the performance of the Kuumba Singers, a large-scale choir that explores the musical tradition of African folk songs, spirituals, and gospel. Their performance featured three distinct vocal groups, whose juxtaposed parts harmonized perfectly.Throughout the evening, Hancock shared a diverse array of personal anecdotes about everything from...
...Harvard University Library (HUL) is continuing its efforts to make University collections more digitally accessible, recently launching a new online library collection entitled, “Contagion: Historical Views of Diseases and Epidemics.” The compilation is the newest addition to the Library’s Open Collections Program, an initiative begun in 2002 to digitize the University’s books, photographs, and other historical artifacts and make them accessible to individuals around the world, including people not affiliated with Harvard. The program—led by HUL Associate Director Barbara S. Graham and archivist Megan Sniffin...
...Though the risk of continued or spreading violence remained, sociologists and security experts said they believed the significant dip in violence Tuesday night considerably lowered the risk of contagion - at least till the next time. French government officials aren't taking any chances on a possible resurgence in Villiers-le-Bel. French Interior Minister Michèle Alliot-Marie, for example, saluted the "calmed situation," but promised that considerably reinforced "police presence will be maintained for as long as necessary." Sarkozy also convened an urgent meeting of key cabinet members to discuss ways to prevent a renewal of attacks...
...housing-related stocks have crashed. The dollar is doing a disappearing act. Alan Greenspan, after years of artful obfuscation, has suddenly discovered a terrifying gift for clarity, warning that inflation will rise and house prices will tumble. Stock market volatility has surged. And now, feeding fears that the contagion is spreading, the British bank Northern Rock has suffered a near-death experience...
...something it hasn't done in months: share H5N1 virus samples with the WHO. Under new international health regulations that went into effect in June, all countries are supposed to share virus samples of dangerous diseases like bird flu with the WHO, to help international scientists track contagion - and in the case of the flu, formulate possible vaccines. Since the end of last year, however, Indonesia has refused to share samples, claiming that international drug companies were using Indonesian H5N1 strains to produce vaccines, which they would then sell at prices developing countries couldn't afford. Though Jakarta sent samples...