Word: dangerous
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...greatest danger faced by volunteers is anaphylactic shock, a sometimes fatal but rare overreaction of the immune system to a foreign substance. A more probable response, says Fauci, will be redness and soreness at the site of the injection, and perhaps a fever. Although no one can get AIDS from the vaccine, recipients who respond to the inoculation may come up positive on the AIDS antibody-screening test. Other tests, however, will show that they are not really infected by the virus. Another potential drawback: the injection could impair the response to a future, more powerful vaccine. Still, NIAID...
...occasion, he reports, a resident, on duty for nearly 24 hours, had just enough stamina to oversee safely the birth of a baby at 4 a.m. "Then he walked out of the delivery room and collapsed." The early-morning hours toward the end of a shift constitute a "danger zone" for patients, says Sachter. "When it's 5 a.m. and the case doesn't appear to be life threatening, the next thing you want to know is, Can this wait until 7 a.m.? because that's when the next resident comes...
...others of that generation also learned from their elders, and by the early 1970s mainland ethnic-pride movements had strong echoes in the islands. Now there is little danger that the old hula forms will die. Zuttermeister has passed on the chants and dance movements, exactly as she learned them, to her daughter Noenoelani Zuttermeister Lewis, 43, and her granddaughter Hauolionalani Lewis, 20. Public schools today teach hula as part of the cultural history of the islands. Teams taught by hula masters compete in hula dance-offs that are approximately as well attended as high school basketball tournaments in Indiana...
...body to science fiction." "I was walking through a forest and a tree fell right in front of me, and I didn't hear it." Like many comedians with a shtick, Wright (who grew up near Leno in Massachusetts and also got his start in Boston clubs) seems in danger of boxing himself into a performing corner. But he has branched out into movies, with roles in Desperately Seeking Susan and the upcoming Stars and Bars...
...first to be found in the Gulf of Oman, a vital staging area for ships plying the Persian Gulf. Although the U.S.-escorted Bridgeton struck what appeared to be an Iranian mine last month, that mishap occurred hundreds of miles inside the Persian Gulf. One result of the new danger was a change of heart by Britain and France, which decided to rush minesweepers to the region after...