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...Staff writer William N. White can be reached at wwhite@fas.harvard.edu...
...taking everything I have not to walk out of this meeting right now,” said UC Parliamentarian Eric N. Hysen ’11 during the debate on the UC Reform Act of 2009 which followed the vote on social spaces. Flores left the meeting to “get some air,” leaving Sarafa and later UC Secretary Doug Lloyd ’09 to oversee the remaining business on the agenda. [SEE CLARIFICATION BELOW...
...worst fears about swine flu seem to be dissipating in the Mexican capital as quickly as they arrived. And with plenty of time on their hands - President Felipe Calderón ordered all but the most necessary businesses shuttered and advised families to stay in their homes during the long Cinco de Mayo holiday weekend - many Mexicans are wondering: Has the crisis abated because their government was diligent, or because it was lucky...
...Once Calderón's administration learned on April 23 that it was dealing with a new flu virus type - A/H1N1, a unique mix of swine, avian and human strains - it moved swiftly to control its spread. As of Saturday night, the official number of confirmed swine-flu cases in Mexico stood at 473, less than a third of early estimates, and the death toll was only 19. (Health officials have stopped publicly tallying suspected cases; there are still so many garden-variety flu cases that they felt continued reporting of suspected cases of swine flu would unnecessarily...
...Mexican Health Minister Jose Angel Cordova warned his countrymen Saturday evening that it's "premature to say we've passed the [outbreak's] most worrisome moment." But the positive flu-containment news coming from the government may well put public pressure on Calderón to let businesses like restaurants open sooner than the end of the long Cinco de Mayo weekend on Tuesday. With few people on the streets on what is usually a bustling Mexico holiday, businessmen like taxi driver Francisco Diaz are chafing. "I've been driving all day and all I've got to show...