Word: mosquitoe
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...MOSQUITO COAST by Paul Theroux; Houghton Mifflin; 374pages...
...people, and in the hoggish fatness of them." The country will soon collapse into class war, he assures his son: "When it comes, I'll be the first one they kill. They always kill the smart ones first." He is also the dominant, inescapable presence in The Mosquito Coast...
Exceptions exist--at the School of Public Health, for instance, Andrew Spielman, associate professor of Tropical Public Health, studies mosquito-borne diseases for the Army. What he learns about malaria will be as applicable to natives as to soldiers shooting natives...
...scientific community stands opposed. As one subcommittee staffer said, it views the measure as akin to treating a mosquito bite with acid...
...first half of this year-will publish its last edition on Aug. 16 unless the paper's eight unions agree to $5 million a year in cutbacks. The announcement brought a hush to the usually bustling newsroom. Said Bulletin Columnist Rose DeWolf: "You could hear a mosquito buzz...