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...south London indicated that parents were not having their children inoculated with the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine. A controversial 1998 study linked the vaccine with autism, though more recent research disputes this. Chief Medical Officer Liam Donaldson said that giving in to demands for a single measles jab, now in short supply, would be playing "Russian roulette" with children's health. Prime Minister Tony Blair has refused to say whether his own son has had the combined inoculation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Watch | 2/11/2002 | See Source »

...Antoinette C. Nwandu charged for the pleasure of her company, she would easily be a millionaire by now. But she’s just too darn nice for that. With Antoinette, there’s always a toothy grin, a sarcastic jab and a lap dance waiting for everyone. But when she’s not clowning around, she’s The Crimson’s favorite confidante, always listening thoughtfully as people bitch and moan—as people tend to do at 14 Plympton. Unafraid of anything and everyone, Antoinette’s the kind of woman...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Antoinette C. Nwandu | 12/6/2001 | See Source »

Dershowitz also doesn’t resist the opportunity to jab back at those who attack him for his TV appearances...

Author: By William M. Rasmussen, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Dershowitz Claims Role of Public Intellectual | 10/1/2001 | See Source »

...began their courtship while Bush was still a presidential candidate. Last July, during the funeral in Atlanta for Georgia Senator Paul Coverdale, Bush walked up to Kennedy and said, "I understand that what you do, you do well." Kennedy wasn't sure if that was a compliment or a jab, but five months later, while Kennedy was vacationing in the Caribbean, President-elect Bush phoned him and sounded him out about working together on education. Kennedy liked the idea. On Jan. 20, during a congressional lunch after the Inauguration, Kennedy got former Wyoming Senator Alan Simpson, a conservative friend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: What's Best For The Patient? | 7/2/2001 | See Source »

...There were other diversions: although I missed Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott's left jab at a protestor in Wales, who threw an egg at him, I did catch the male streaker who jumped on the Lib Dem's final rally platform wearing only a party...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Campaign Antics | 6/11/2001 | See Source »

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