Word: drips
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...woman at the camp gave birth four weeks prematurely. Early the next morning the mother seemed alert as a nurse set up a drip to treat her cholera; but she continued to bleed, and died before noon. Her husband arose and left, and the baby, still caked with blood, was left alone on the mat. "Without breast-feeding she is going to die," said one relief worker, swaddling the baby in a cloth wrap and leaving her in a cardboard box in the corner of a tent...
...Clark responded. She soon learned otherwise. Among the errors that forensic experts see as most serious: the contents of Nicole Simpson's stomach, which would have been useful in pinpointing the time of her death, were discarded, and her bloody clothes were improperly placed in a communal drip pan that may have contaminated blood samples...
...reveals its grain, like fine old furniture. Nevertheless she can still sustain with silky ease a long-lined ballad like the album's dreamy title song or the touching finale, My Buddy. How has Horne kept her voice in such good shape? She laughs. "You mean through the postnasal drip? I don't sing in the shower, and I never vocalize -- it's too embarrassing. I only sing when I have to do a job. Then, to prepare, I go into the dining room and see how loud I can yell without pain...
...other prong in Washington's strategy is the credible threat of military intervention. No one knows whether Clinton will follow through with an invasion, but the steady drip of leaks has created an atmosphere of frantic speculation that, combined with a dearth of hard facts, makes for effective psychological war. Amid all the uncertainty, Port-au-Prince is swept by sensational rumors, such as last week's report that the U.S. embassy had been passing out iridescent paint so that Americans could identify their homes to invading troops...
...York, Fiske let it be known that his investigation will also re-examine the conclusion that Foster's death last year was a suicide. He asked the court to keep the reports secret until his probe is completed. But if last week is any indication, the steady drip, drip, drip of Whitewater disclosures is likely to afflict the Clintons for months to come...