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...infectious diseases, is steeped in the metaphor of blockade. Doctors and scientists develop "barrier" nursing techniques and try to erect "ring fences" within society to corral a dangerous microbe, preventing it from jumping between people and countries. But one of the lessons learned by Hong Kong, the city hit hardest by the deadly epidemic of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), is that it does no good to slam the ring-fence gate after the killer has left...
...Millions more around the world are feeling trapped by this mysterious illness. More than 80 victims in nearly two dozen nations had died of SARS by the weekend, leading the World Health Organization (WHO) to issue an unprecedented warning against travel to the hardest-hit regions of Guangdong province and neighboring Hong Kong and airlines to cut flights to affected zones. Despite hope early last week that the virus might be burning out on its own, suspected new cases popped up in countries as disparate as Fiji, Israel and Brazil. Mainland China and Hong Kong each announced more deaths from...
...burdens fall hardest on those least able to cope. In this war, the burdens fall squarely on this town. The people here struggle day-to-day to survive - that's always been the case. But the brutal war might be justified if people here emerge with better lives. For that to happen, it will take a sustained American political presence and steady economic support until oil money and the miracle of capitalism begins to improve the general well being. It will also take the will to maintain a strong military force in Iraq - at least until a stable democratic government...
...fitness routine, worth 15 percent of your score. Go ahead and laugh. You try seven minutes of dancing, kickboxing moves, push ups and Russian jumps. Fitness rehearsals were the worst part of the weeks leading up to the telecast. Though my abs were burning, the muscles I worked hardest were in my face—if you stopped smiling for a nanosecond the kindly Southern volunteers would scream out, “SMIIIIIIIILE, Maryland! The judges like girls who look happy...
...March 23 loss to California (8-2) was the hardest to take. Despite Cal’s gaudy record and rank, Harvard had plenty of reason to be confident entering the game—the Crimson destroyed the Golden Bears last year, 11-2, at Jordan Field. And when Harvard jumped out to a 4-0 lead, it looked like the team would once again cruise to a victory...