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...lowest for the newer vaccines. According to the survey, just 2% of adults have had the new combo shot for tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis (better known as whooping cough), even though pertussis rates in adolescents and adults have soared in the last 20 years. The disease, a major child killer before the childhood vaccine was introduced, can cause coughing so forceful it breaks a patient's ribs or leaves him vomiting...
...died Jan. 11 at the age of 88, almost 55 years after the ascent that made him and Tenzing two of the heroes of the 20th century. For one who had reached such heights, he was a strange mix of confidence and modesty, bravado and reticence. He had the killer instinct needed to conquer Everest, and the unassuming nobility to serve the Nepalese people who helped...
...leaves both sides empty in a way,” he said, noting that Pring-Wilson, though now a convicted killer, received a relatively light sentence. He said that going through a third trial would have been a risky prospect for the defense...
...state looms again as a candidate killer. "Since 1980, the person who won two out of [the first] three states has gone on to get the nomination," McCain often tells reporters on the trail. Even though he leaves New Hampshire on a victory roll, the voters in South Carolina still view John McCain--long in the tooth and in the Senate--as an insurgent...
...state looms again as a candidate killer. "Since 1980, the person who won two out of [the first] three states has gone on to get the nomination," McCain often tells reporters on the trail. They are words that might come back to haunt him. Even though he leaves New Hampshire a victor, with a head full of steam, it appears to the voters in South Carolina that John McCain - long in the tooth and the Senate - is still an insurgent...