Word: meat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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When Britons started falling ill last year, some scientists concluded that that was just what happened. If cattle feed was indeed the indirect avenue of the recent infections, it could spell big trouble, since most Britons ate from a contaminated meat supply for at least 10 years. Just how many got bad beef is what the Nature paper tried to determine...
...meat-and-potatoes product is DVD video, which is meant to send vhs and laser disc the way of all eight-track. Two dozen models of DVD players should reach the market this year at prices ranging from less than $500 to more than $1,000. All offer DVD's stunning sound and vision, along with the various bells and whistles that digital storage's interactive ease and sheer data acreage allow, including PG- and R-rated versions of a given movie on one disc, multiple languages, no rewinding, movie-and-game pairings, instant searches and every custom setup...
...They met in 1984 at a Ben Rosen-Esther Dyson computer conference and started going on "virtual dates" by driving to the same movie at the same time in different cities and discussing it on their cell phones. For a few years she even persuaded him to stop eating meat, an experiment he has since resolutely abandoned...
...disease," attacks brain tissue. Scientists believe cows become infected by consuming feed containing animal parts, which are sometimes used to increase the protein content of their food. In Britain, where at least ten people have died of Creutzfeldt-Jakob during the past two years, scientists believe that meat from infected sheep made beef cattle ill, and triggered the human disease in some people who consumed the beef. Following Britain's lead, the American livestock industry last year voluntarily banned all sheep products in livestock feed. But the FDA's new measure will extend this ban further: no cows could...
...worry about the mystery meat on Tuesday. Or the savory baked tofu. Chances are it's not too bad for you, according to a report recently released by the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine...