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...breathe. Despite antibiotics and ventilators, victims can quickly suffocate. Unlike most respiratory illnesses, which tend to strike infants or the elderly, who have immature or weakened immune systems, this one primarily attacks the young and healthy. "The pattern is different than anything I've ever seen," says Dr. Frederick Koster, an infectious-disease specialist at University Hospital in Albuquerque. The latest fatality was a 13-year-old Navajo girl, who collapsed after dancing at a school graduation party at Red Rock State Park outside Gallup. "I will see that scene for the rest of my life," says Sammy Trujillo...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Evil Over the Land | 6/14/1993 | See Source »

North American native cultures showed enormous diversity by 3300 B.C. Among the oldest village sites ever found is the Koster settlement, in the Illinois River Valley. Villagers there were barely beginning to cultivate wild plants, relying mostly on nuts, grasses, fish, deer and migrating waterfowl, while people across Europe, Africa and Asia were already accomplished farmers. But elsewhere in the U.S. Midwest, populations of hunter-gatherers had staked out territories and built an extensive trading network that dealt in copper, hematite, seashells, jasper and other minerals. Fishing societies along the Pacific Coast were also becoming more complex, as natives took...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The World in 3300 B.C. | 10/26/1992 | See Source »

...store is also enjoying record sales in war paraphenalia to civilians gas mask sales at the chain of three Army-Navy supply stores in Boston have skyrocketed from the "occasional sale" to more than 200 sold last week. Koster said...

Author: By Mary LOUISE Kelly, | Title: Gulf War Boosts State Weapons, Camouflage Industry | 2/6/1991 | See Source »

...store has raised the price of the masks from $15 to $25 in response to the increased demand, Koster said...

Author: By Mary LOUISE Kelly, | Title: Gulf War Boosts State Weapons, Camouflage Industry | 2/6/1991 | See Source »

Sales of chemical suits, which allegedly protect against the gases contained in SCUD missiles, have also jumped. The suits are currently selling at four to five times their normal rate, Koster said...

Author: By Mary LOUISE Kelly, | Title: Gulf War Boosts State Weapons, Camouflage Industry | 2/6/1991 | See Source »

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