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...headline on the New York Post screamed U.S. APPROVES HERPES SUPER-DRUG. While that description was exaggerated, the approval of oral acyclovir capsules last week by the Food and Drug Administration marked a big step forward in the treatment of genital herpes. Though the drug will not cure the pesky venereal disease, which afflicts some 5 million to 20 million Americans, it can reduce both the severity and the frequency of recurring attacks...
Ginsberg: Chanting more than music. Pound used to say "pay attention to the tone meaning of the vowels." In Greek you have the pitch. That's why people don't know how to chant Home: anymore because the oral tradition has been lost. And they have to figure it out from the diacritical marks. If you become sensitized to the pitch of the vowels you will begin to appreciate the consonants and bite them like Bob Dylan does, or as any great singer does. You also savor the vowels as physical marbles in your month and become more interested...
Crimson: This sounds similar to the oral tradition practiced by the African griots who passed history to the community through speech...
...police continue their investigation of the crimes, Wolff, 44, awaits legal procedings stemming from a 1983 arrest on charges of fondling and performing oral sex on a 4-year-old boy, published reports indicated...
...Well, now," said the professor. "I know a lot of bright history students who just have a mental block against writing blue-book essays in a high-pressure exam situation. Suppose you sit right there and I'll give you an oral exam instead--we'll just have a relaxed conversation about the course...