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...1770s, British physician Edward Jenner began noticing a strange phenomenon...
...body to fend off any new attacks by more dangerous strains. In the same way, English milkmaids who suffered from cowpox in the 18th century developed an immunity to the disease that also protected them against its more lethal cousin, smallpox. After studying these women in 1796, Edward Jenner developed his smallpox vaccine...
THOUGH ONLY 7, DANTRELL DAVIS HAD ALREADY witnessed more fire fights than most U.S. soldiers. Since March, two of his classmates at Jenner Elementary School in Chicago's notorious Cabrini-Green housing project had been slain, and Dantrell was well experienced in running for cover at the first sound of gunfire. But he never heard the shot that killed him on Oct. 13, when a sniper opened fire from a 10th-floor window as Dantrell walked to school with his mother. The rest of Chicago did, and Dantrell's death sparked yet another agonizing debate over how to stop...
Bryant, however, should not be underestimated,according to those who have worked with him. KarenA. Jenner, director of public safety at theSomerville Housing Authority, said Bryant was askilled mediator who worked well with tenants ofall races...
...situation once with some of the whiteteenagers and Haitian teenagers with a little bitof a turf situation," said Jenner. "Because bothclasses of people respected him, he ended up inthe middle and it was not an issue after that...