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...contrast, the 2004 outbreak--also a low-pathogenic strain of H7N2, which struck on the Delmarva Peninsula--was discovered right away, and both the states and the industry jumped into gear, euthanizing flocks, setting up quarantines and compensating farmers for their downed birds. "You had guys from Mountaire Farms and Perdue Farms working side by side," says Chisholm. "That's unusual because this is a competitive business." The quick response limited damage to just three farms...
...served to create an inkling of confidence. Companies began to clean house. Entire sectors of the economy were reorganized. Twenty steel businesses became four; nearly two dozen banks became three. Then China's explosive growth and a rebound in the U.S. kicked the fabled Japanese export machine back into gear. Firms began to invest again and, for the first time in almost a decade and a half, people started to look to the future. Unemployment stopped rising, and consumers, very nervously at first, started spending. Slowly, over the past three years a new dynamic has taken hold, such that...
...meet record. The Crimson continued to dominate, winning the next three events. Freshman Eric Lynch snagged first in the 1000-yard freestyle, finishing only 0.03 seconds ahead of Princeton’s Robert Griest. Sophomore Sam Wollner also finished fifth. “There’s just one gear for [Lynch] when he swims, and it’s not often that he runs people down,” Cromwell said. “He just kept chipping away the whole race, and all of a sudden, he touched the wall just ahead of the Princeton swimmer. The place...
CRASH TESTED A pair of Australian amateurs produce Crash Test Kitchen crashtestkitchen.com) one of the first cooking video podcasts. Unlike TV shows in which top chefs use snazzy gear to make gourmet cooking look easy, these shorts have bumbling on the menu. Their homey videos offer a realistic and entertaining view of home cooking...
...braved the challenge died—178 out of 1373 climbs resulted in deaths, according to a 2004 New York Times article. “Everest is no walk in the park,” said Corey M. Rennell ’07, “gear czar” of the Harvard Mountaineering Club. To train for the climb, Osborne said he is going through intensive exercise in the gym such as biking and stair climbing. This summer, he will complete his final training at a camp in Colorado by going on long hikes carrying weights on his back...