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...TIME correspondent in Mexico, India, Pakistan and other countries where rogue germs abound, Tim McGirk has had his share of firsthand epidemiological experience. But dengue fever holds a special, painful place in his memory. "There's a reason they call it break-bone fever," says McGirk, who contracted the virus in New Delhi and suffered for three weeks. "You feel like there's this deep, painful itching happening inside your bones. You're on this horrible roller-coaster ride of hot spells and chills, like you're being shaken around. It just racks your body...
Just say no to melons. that's what pope PAUL II might do, if he had a second chance. He learned firsthand about indulging in the pleasures of a certain kind of flesh. On a hot summer afternoon in 1471, His Holiness was reportedly lounging in the Vatican's backyard, enjoying the sun, the fresh air and some refreshing slices of melon. Then he died. The reputed cause: apoplexy, induced by overconsumption of iced Cucumis melo. Since practically the day human beings first walked the earth, we've had trouble turning down fruit, and by 1800 the Western world...
...standoff. I should note, for full disclosure’s sake, that the Daily’s editorial page editor is a good friend of mine—but more relevant, I’m a college journalist myself. Over the last three years, I’ve seen firsthand the damage that the absence of diverse viewpoints can have on journalism. In order to help fix the deficiencies they have identified in the Daily, students of color at Michigan must make a renewed effort to integrate themselves in the newspaper—not only by writing articles and suggesting...
Cornell coach Tim Pendergast saw two of those scores firsthand in his team’s 49-21 loss to Brown last year. When asked what Harvard could do Saturday in order to stop him, Pendergast jokingly said, “Put 13 guys on the field...
Wittreich left his home in New Jersey at 4:30 a.m. so that he would be able to get close enough the Ground Zero to hear—if not to see—the ceremonies firsthand...