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...Grady was hospitalized today with "immersion foot," a condition caused by damp boots during his six days in the Bosnian forest. Doctors have ordered him to stay off his feet for 24 hours...
...that investigated the first recorded outbreak, also in Zaire, two decades ago. Now he is leading the international brigade that has come to the city of Kikwit to battle the new emergency. "The virus is still loose, and it's spreading," he says. "If the mattress is warm and damp, and people go in and sleep on it, we're going to be in trouble." The villagers are terrified, and resigned. "It's useless for us to do anything," says a neighbor, Mbangu Fioti. "What can we do against this disease...
...still before dawn when we set out. In the chill and damp, the 20-odd strangers on the truck huddled against one another in silence. I asked Mother where we were going. "West," she said. "West." Where had the truck come from? "Father sent it," she said...
April showers may bring May flowers, but they also delay sporting events. The Harvard baseball team was to have played B.U. yesterday in the Beanpot consolation game, but the damp conditions caused the matchup to be put off until today at noon...
...shall we say, flirting heavily, while Bubbles is trying to get my attention. But s/he's a notorious transvestite, so I'm keeping my distance. People float in and out of this hot tub, which is open to all comers, but no one ever gets wet -- just a little damp sometimes. If you fancy someone, and he or she fancies you, it is possible to go private and exchange sexual fantasies until you're too exhausted, or bored, to continue...