Word: heating
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pilot took evasive action, because the choppers weren?t carrying even defensive systems such as flares to distract heat-seeking missiles -- although it was only back at the base that we discovered how close we?d come to being hit. When I got back to the office, I learned that our stringer in Karachi had been taken to the area on a similar trip by the Pakistani military. So there was a reporter from TIME on the Pakistani side when we were fired on. As always, we?re covering both sides...
...pulled her pants down, and they were violating her." Schneider claims that he also saw other women raped and that the crowd seemed to be cheering on the offenders: "No one I saw tried to go in and rescue them." A crisis-services director for the YWCA said the heat, sleeplessness and readily available drugs and alcohol were "a perfect breeding ground for sexual assault...
There's record-setting heat in Washington. Fortunately, the Capitol shuts down this week for summer recess. Some pols have already taken off; a few will require hiking boots, others water shoes, and at least one might want to rewatch Cabaret in preparation. We hope all remember to leave the thong bathing suits at home...
...FIGHT Though much of the nation was in the grip of a heat wave last week, the fever, aches and pain of the flu season will be here in no time. And so will relief. The FDA has approved Relenza, an inhaled anti-influenza drug that can cut the duration of symptoms by one to two days. Relenza, unlike other flu fighters, works against both type A and type B strains. Patients must start taking it soon after feeling ill and then twice daily for five days...
...about Bradley that are nice are heard in Gore's office," says Delaware's Joe Biden, who may endorse Bradley. Biden isn't sweating, and the threats haven't kept Senators Paul Wellstone of Minnesota and Bob Kerrey of Nebraska from endorsing him, but other Senators feel the heat. "There is a clear message that there shouldn't be a primary," says a staff member for a Senator who has already told Gore he will support him. According to Biden, since Gore launched his campaign, some Senators have sensed that the V.P.'s team would strike against anyone sounding...