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...Africa. The outbreak underscores how frighteningly common Ebola is on the continent. But it also marks a new chapter in a medical detective story. In a matter of days, World Health Organization officials and local experts made a nine-hour river trip to the inland village, both to help contain the epidemic and to learn more about the virus that causes it. "If we can understand how the virus is transmitted from the wild, we might be able to interrupt it," explains Dr. David Heymann, head of the emerging-diseases division...
...that point it became apparent that Brown couldn't stop Feaster and couldn't even hope to contain her. When the Bears employed the Ivy League version of the NBA's "Hack-a-Shaq" defense, Feaster made them pay at the charity stripe...
...Financed by the cable industry and conducted by four universities, the study concluded that violence on TV is more prevalent and more pernicious than most people had imagined. Of nearly 2,700 shows analyzed in a 20-week survey of 23 channels, more than half--57%--were said to contain at least some violence. And much of it was the kind that, according to the study, can desensitize kids and encourage imitation: violence divorced from the bad consequences it has in real life...
...lard and tar. The artist, smearing oily gunk on a cloth with bristles, is immersed in mess--a manual worker of images. This makes him one with the city and its people. For poetic spirit, he should emulate Walt Whitman, learning to embrace the body of the city and contain multitudes, dirt and all. The masculine realism of Winslow Homer inspired all the Ashcan artists--they, especially Henri and Bellows, wanted to be Homers of the city...
...think that the FAS under Dean Knowles is very aware of the need to contain the budget and the need to prevent a vast increase in administrative personnel," the professor said. "Any problem with the University budget is not with the FAS but with Mass. Hall and Holyoke Center...