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...sums up where I am. The days are numbered, optimism is waning, the daydreams fade. Strength and honor, I tell myself, but to be honest, I don’t think that there’s much hope for this thing riding out as expected, no coup de grace. And that’s OK: I’ll take out one of my best friends, and we’ll order the lobster, pop the champagne and gossip—and if we order that second bottle of wine I just might start hacking my way through the French...
...outbreak at the territory's United Christian Hospital, where at least 10 health-care workers developed the disease in the past week, showed that the prevention methods practiced thus far are by no means 100% effective. Says Dr. Atilla Turgay, chief of medical staff at Scarborough Hospital Grace Division, the epicenter of Canada's SARS outbreak: "The difficulty is we're facing an enemy that has no known shape, no identity, and no known effective treatment?and that's causing the most concern...
...fifth category of Junior Miss is poise. This entails walking around with genteel grace and softly swinging hands, part of the program in an evening gown. I’m sure there are plenty of beauty queens who just adore perusing bridal shops and formalwear stores. I’m not one of them. Shopping for a dress was pure hell. If there’s a gown in the Maryland-Virginia-Delaware area, you can bet my poor body got zipped into it. Yellow washed me out. Orange clashed with my hair color. Red makes you look fat onstage...
...impossible to ignore her,” says Daniel McGlinchey, a spokesperson for Rep. Barney Frank ’61, D-Mass. “She worked with both the House and the Senate, both democrats and republicans, both the legislative branch and the executive branch, with such grace that they adore...
...Barilla family--whose pasta and bread company, based in Parma, Italy, dates back to 1877--hit a big snag in the early 1970s, when the third generation of family managers--brothers Pietro and Giovanni--quarreled and sold the business to W.R. Grace of the U.S. In 1979, however, Pietro bought back a majority stake, this time on his own, and started the company on a rapid expansion course. By 1993, when he died, Barilla produced 35% of the pasta sold in Italy. Now his three sons--Guido, Luca and Paolo--and their sister Emanuela are pushing aggressively into international markets...