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...been far more pervasive epidemics, certainly. In 1918 and '19, Spanish flu killed more than 500,000 Americans and ultimately 20 million worldwide. A million Russians may have died of cholera in 1848 alone. But during these scourges there were always the possibility and hope that the fever would lift, strength would return, and life would go on. With AIDS, says Dr. Michael Gottlieb, the UCLA immunologist who is overseeing Hudson's care, "the word cure is not yet in the vocabulary...
...knee slapper as Keillor lets himself get in the monologues. But like his uncle Lew, he tells stories, not jokes, and he goes on to say that "the clatter brings back memories of old days of glory in the field when I was a boy among giants. My uncle lifted me up and put me on the seat so I could ride alongside him. The harness jingled on Brownie and Pete and Queenie and Scout, and we bumped along in the racket, row by row. Now all the giants are gone; everybody's about my size or smaller. Few people...
...these impacted problems in eight hours of talks on Tuesday and Wednesday. But their meeting could at least set the tone for whatever combination of shouting and serious negotiation (it is unlikely to be either/or) will succeed the silence. A whole world will be anxiously watching every eyelid they lift or lower...
...more than 10 million cu. ft. per hour, from Lake Havasu on the California border southeast across the state to the expanding population centers of Phoenix and Tucson. A series of 14 pumping stations will force the water through a seven-mile tunnel in the Buckskin Mountains and lift the load 2,900 ft. over the course of a seven-day journey. The flow is monitored by a Modcomp JC 5000 computer situated in CAP headquarters near Phoenix, where controllers keep track of the system's operations on a 30-ft.-wide lighted map. In case of a rupture caused...
...sign of the mood of retailers. If store owners are confident that consumers will be buying out the store, they feel no pressure to have lots of the jolly men around. But if there is a danger that business will be slow, merchants bring in the red army to lift holiday spirits and sales. Retailers this year are worried in part because the period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the peak buying time, is just 26 shopping days, rather than last year's 32. Result: Santas will be putting in longer workdays this season because many merchants are planning to stay...