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However the new strain evolved, its existence vastly complicates the treatment of gonorrhea. Other antibiotics-notably spectinomycin-have proved effective. But they are often expensive (about $4 a dose for spectinomycin, v. only 50? for penicillin), could also meet bacterial resistance and, unlike penicillin, do not also knock out that other scourge, syphilis. At the very least, the new gonococci will require several visits to the doctor, as opposed to the old, cheap, one-shot treatment. Says Dr. Ronald St. John of the CDC's venereal disease division: "If this new strain becomes widespread, then a lot of money...
...loving shot in an Istanbul railway station of fruit, seafood and other gourmet treats marks the highlight of Murder on the Orient Express. Like the excesses of first-class fanfare, this vehicle runs mostly on show. Not to knock it: anyone whose gone through a Rod McKuenesque crush on trains, for instance, will drool over the authentic Express that director Sidney Lumet takes across the Alps. But the glamorous actors are obviously doing their bits and picking up their payroll; only Venessa Redgrave stands out for her gigly working girl and widow Lauren Bacall for her embarrassing bitchiness. The experience...
...Dupuis cited other reasons for the team's weak offensive showing. "We stopped making the plays and started reacting to what Brown was doing," she said yesterday. "When we took shots across the goal mouth, there was no one there to knock the ball in. Earlier this year, everyone went pall-mall for the ball. Today we were cautious...
...Saturday, Radcliffe was the power. The Crimson stickwomen were on the top of the mountain, and it was once-beaten Princeton that was trying to knock them off. "For the first time this year, we were nervous instead of psyched," Dupuis said...
...treats him like all the apelike movie moguls she has had to fend off. She tries helplessness ("I can't stand heights"), anger ("You goddam chauvinist pig ape"), some impromptu analysis after striking out at her captor ("It's a sign of insecurity, like when you knock over trees"), even guileful seduction ("I'm a Libra, what are you?"). Eventually she and Kong actually begin to build a ... well, a relationship, something that was never made explicit between Wray...