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Some communicable diseases can be traced back to what medical researchers call "patient zero", the first carrier of an illness and often someone who has no symptoms. One of the most notorious examples of this is "Typhoid Mary", Mary Mallon, who is alleged to have spread typhoid fever in New York City and its suburbs between...
Adams House resident Ryan S. Nolan ’09 said that this year’s football fever was not as high as last year’s, when the New York Giants bested the New England Patriots...
...percent approval rating, 22 and 15 percentage points higher than his two immediate predecessors, George Bush and Bill Clinton, respectively. As throngs of supporters estimated at 1.8 million descended upon Washington, D.C. for the Second Coming (I count myself among their ranks), Obama as Messiah has reached a fever pitch...
...babies" - a discussion that even Baron-Cohen's supporters say is premature when it comes to autism. "We are a long way from unlocking the mysteries of autism in a way that could give us those abilities," says Adams. "Saying someone has autism is like saying someone has a fever; they have a set of symptoms, but we don't know yet what could be the cause or causes." If such a test could be made available, should it be allowed? "I have a daughter with autism," Adams says. "So that's a very difficult question...
...getting carried away. But they're not the ones setting the tone. The soprano Renée Fleming recently sang an Obamafied Christmas carol: "In the bleak midwinter, at the Christmas feast, a family leaves Chicago and travels to the East ..." The original starred the Christ child. This fever will break because that's what fevers do. Its sufferers are probably harmless. They sure can be creepy, though...