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Many doctors think of cholera as a kind of Lazarus syndrome. Victims are brought to a clinic or hospital with no apparent blood pressure or pulse, taking only shallow breaths. "But if there is any life left in them at all, we can bring them back," says Dr. David Sack, associate professor of international health at the Johns Hopkins School of Public Health. Sadly, thousands of people in Latin America will not be revived in time and will die of the disease, which robs the body of fluids through severe diarrhea and vomiting. Last week the first epidemic of cholera...
First came The Shoes of the Fisherman, then The Clowns of God. Lazarus (St. Martin's Press; 293 pages; $19.95) completes Morris West's papal trilogy. Few laymen have written so knowledgeably about Vatican politics. West charts the course of Leo XIV, a crusty soul who has alienated the liberals in his flock. Now the Pontiff must undergo bypass surgery, and as if that were not threat % enough, Muslim terrorists are offering $100,000 for his life. Pope Leo returns from the operation like Lazarus from the dead. But he is a changed man, with plans to alter his church...
...tends most lovingly to its weakest members. The sanctity of a human existence, they argue, does not depend on its quality or its cost. What God gives only he can take away, and to usurp that right is an act of grave hubris. "Our Lord healed the sick, raised Lazarus from the dead, gave back sanity to the deranged," writes Muggeridge, "but never did He practice or envisage killing as part of the mercy that held possession of His heart...
...Wall Street, some firms have created funds that let small investors profit from improvements in the condition of ailing companies. Called "vulture," "phoenix" or even "Lazarus" funds, such portfolios invest in troubled companies deemed likely to return to health. Other brokerages specialize in recommending bargain-price stocks and bonds of ailing companies to their clients. "You just have to do your homework," says Michael Singer, the president of R.D. Smith, which advised its customers to buy Public Service of New Hampshire bonds in 1988 after the utility filed for bankruptcy. The price of the bonds has since climbed from...
...David M. Lazarus...