Word: liverance
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DIED. Muhammad Naguib, 83, Egyptian army officer who in 1952 became the country's first President and, briefly, a national hero after a bloodless coup toppled King Farouk; of cirrhosis of the liver; in Cairo. A hero of Egypt's 1948 war with Israel, Naguib was recruited to lead a movement of dissident younger officers, including Gamal Abdel Nasser and Anwar Sadat, aimed at ending the monarchy; after the revolution Naguib was named commander in chief of the armed forces and, later, Prime Minister and President. But he soon ran afoul of Nasser; in 1954 he was forced...
...start and early hits as a child star in the 1950s with Johnny Otis' blues show, but whose lifelong battle against drugs turned her career into a series of retirements and comebacks punctuated by hits like Release Me (1962) and What a Difference a Day Makes (1975); of liver and kidney disease; in Torrance, Calif. Appearing with the Beatles on British TV in 1965, she was acknowledged by them as a major innovative force in rock 'n' roll. Her death came only three weeks after that of Willie Mae ("Big Mama") Thornton, a rip-roaring blues shouter...
...pitfalls," warns Top of Walter Reed. Indeed, many scientists question whether any vaccine can prompt the immune system to react fast enough to catch sporozoites after they have been injected into the body by a mosquito: each sporozoite takes only a few minutes to find sanctuary in the liver, where it is safe from the marauding antibodies. Even if only a handful of sporozoites get through to the liver, malaria will result...
...agency based its proposal on growing concern about the danger of lead, which can be fatal in large doses and can damage the liver and kidneys and cause mental retardation in smaller ones. Said EPA Administrator William Ruckelshaus: "The evidence is overwhelming that lead is a threat to human health. This action will greatly reduce the threat, especially for pregnant women and young children." He added, moreover, that "recent evidence shows that adverse health effects from lead exposure may occur at much lower levels than heretofore considered safe." Ruckelshaus estimated that the ruling would lower by nearly 50% the number...
...convention to take on an Eastern media team headed by NBC Anchorman Tom Brokaw. Eligibility rules for the Square squad should give Brokaw cause for optimism. Says Dietsch: "You have to be a drinker and over 40, or at least have a doctor's certificate to prove partial liver damage...