Word: non-hodgkin
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Jordan's King of nearly a half-century had always been both a fatalist and an optimist. So after six months of unsuccessful treatment for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, Hussein bin Talal abruptly anointed as successor a little-known son, Abdullah, who promised the failing monarch "to follow in your footsteps...
Although Hassan was plainly galled by his brother's decision, he quickly affirmed his loyalty to the new heir. Abdullah, designated regent while his father struggles to overcome non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, pledged to Hussein to "follow in your footsteps." U.S. officials privately called him "a chip off the old block," and Israel reacted without alarm. Many analysts regard the leadership turmoil in Jordan as less worrisome than that in other Arab states, where aging Kings and Presidents may soon give way to unfamiliar new rulers. Jordan's transition, says Anthony Cordesman, a Washington-based Middle East scholar, is only...
...good enough for those millions of cancer patients whose hopes were stirred last week. Hope, for them, is a precious commodity, not something to be rationed or trifled with. Just ask Renee Smith of Dripping Springs, Texas, who three years ago found she has non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. She has a four-year-old daughter she'd like to see grow up and a husband with whom she'd like to grow old. When friends started calling excitedly last week with news of a possible cure, she resolved to maintain a philosophical calm. "I try to live in the moment...
...Carnivores, consider this: women ages 55 to 69 who eat more than 36 servings of RED MEAT a month appear to have a 70% greater risk of developing non-Hodgkin's lymphoma than those who consume less than 22 servings...
DIED. SAUL BASS, 75, graphic designer who turned opening-credit sequences in movies into brilliant minimalist films; of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma; in Los Angeles...