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...mirrors. Bronson’s series of earlier pre-General Idea photographs, “Body Binding” and “Mirror Sequences,” are powerful statements of the body’s indefinable role in the initial representation of self. The images present an insect-like segmentation of the body, to the point of almost being indistinguishable...
That kind of fine-tuning necessarily makes the immune system complicated--but to understand the vaccination revolution, you first have to understand the complications. The simplest immune reaction--triggered by a mosquito bite, for example, or an allergen--is inflammation. When the insect bites, the immune system uses cellular troops that have had no special training. Cells called leukocytes, neutrophils and mast cells routinely cruise the bloodstream sniffing for an unfamiliar chemical signature. If they find it, they signal for reinforcements that swarm to kill the invader--the equivalent of an infantry attack...
...California woman. Two New Mexico readers agreed: "By placing him in the cross hairs, you send the message that in America it's O.K. to murder people." But others who wrote were simply tired of seeing the face of al-Qaeda's leader. "You continue to give this insect the notoriety he seeks as a terrorist," wrote a Coloradan. "Be creative and accentuate the positive for a bloody change!" And a Texan could not have been more blunt: "If I see one more cover of TIME with bin Laden's face on it, I honestly think I'm going...
What followed was the great War of the Studios. In 1998, DreamWorks attempted to preempt Disney’s release of the computer-generated A Bug’s Life by turning out their own insect story, Antz, a few months earlier. Disney won the Battle of the Bug, but in 1999 DreamWorks was back with the very Disney-esque animated musical epic The Prince of Egypt. This effort was more successful than Antz, but only by about $10 million; it grossed $101 million (compared with $300+ million for The Lion King...
...disease takes three distinct forms. The cutaneous form of anthrax occurs when bacterial spores enter the body through cuts in the skin. The infection begins as a bump that resembles an insect bite but within days expands into an ulcer about an inch in diameter. This form of the disease is easily treated with antibiotics...