Word: ills
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Manor, New York. An avid jogger, Quinn was stretching in his backyard when he spotted a little black dot on his leg. Once he realized that it was a tick, he quickly removed it with a pair of tweezers. But not quickly enough. Four days later, Quinn fell violently ill. "I had a fever of 102 degrees, and it felt like a hammer was banging in my head," he recalls. "I couldn't keep my head up, but I couldn't lie down either because my back was killing...
...past two months, nearly a dozen cases of HGE have been reported in the tick-infested suburbs north of New York City and eight in Wisconsin and Minnesota. Most victims recover completely when given doxycycline. Of the four who died, two were already seriously ill. And one, a 44-year-old man, didn't get the right treatment in time. Researchers fear that many more cases will turn up. "This disease could be as big as Lyme disease," says Dr. Darland Fish, an epidemiologist at Yale who in 1994 helped isolate the bacterium that causes hge. "I expect...
...raid that ended with a conflagration in which cult leader David Koresh and 80 of his Branch Davidian followers were killed. Republicans questioned how a treasury secretary could not have known of such a large operation being planned by one of his agencies. Said Rep. Henry Hyde (R-Ill.): "This is quite an operation and I'm just disappointed that your people didn't let you know...
Patient "X" is much more clearly ill. She has suffered a major stroke; her entire left side is paralyzed. It's obvious to everyone that she's severely impaired -- everyone, that is, except her. Ask her how she feels, and she responds, "Just fine." Point out her lifeless left arm, and she seems baffled. She can be convinced, through persistent effort, that the arm doesn't work. But a few minutes later, she has forgotten all about...
Pleading that his client is either guilty but mentally ill or not guilty by reason of insanity, lead defense attorney David Bruck is expected to argue that Smith -- who wrote a detailed confession -- was psychologically destabilized by a lifetime of betrayals: a father who killed himself, a stepfather who molested her, a husband who cheated on her and a boyfriend who toyed with her affections. The prosecution, led by 16th Circuit solicitor Thomas Pope, is expected to portray Smith's murderous act as the culmination of a life of deceit and manipulation. In reality, both characterizations may contain elements...