Word: outbreaks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...tactical squad, formed in response to the problems police encountered at University Hall, was responsible for preventing the outbreak of violence at several later demonstrations in the city, Gallagher says...
...packed Red Cross shelter a few miles from downtown Brownsville, the air is filled with the cries of babies and the smell of urine. Overcrowding and lack of sanitation in the area have contributed to an outbreak of hepatitis. Refugee advocates are infuriated by the Federal Government's inability to clear the bottleneck. Charges Roman Catholic Bishop John Fitzpatrick of the Brownsville diocese: "The INS is saying, 'Sorry, you can't leave to work, but we can't feed...
...unlike the meetings between Nakasone and Ronald Reagan, who called each other Ron and Yasu, the Bush-Takeshita encounter produced few signs of rapport that could help defuse a new outbreak of tensions. The two appeared stiff and uncomfortable as they stood side by side in the White House Rose Garden after a lackluster working lunch with senior advisers. Said Bush, who will return the visit later this month when he attends the state funeral for Emperor Hirohito: "Simply put, we respect one another. We need one another." Replied Takeshita: "In your words, the new breeze is blowing, Mr. President...
While chemical substances cause fatal gas burns in the lungs, germ warfare is designed to spawn epidemics of deadly diseases such as typhoid, cholera and anthrax. So far, there appears to be no evidence that Iraq has deployed germ warfare, despite allegations last September by Kurdish rebels that an outbreak of typhoid was caused by an Iraqi attack. But a purported document captured by Kurdish guerrillas a year ago refers to an inventory of "chemical and biological" materials in the hands of the Iraqi army. Dated Aug. 3, 1986, the document was released by London-based officials of the Kurdish...
...outbreak sent computer scientists scrambling to halt its spread. Russell Brand, who works for California's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, was one of the first to spot the problem. A quick survey of the lab's 400 machines showed that several computers had already been infected and that the contagion was growing rapidly. By early Thursday, computer operators had shut the system down and begun cleaning out the files. Then, recalls one of Brand's colleagues, "30 seconds after we restarted the system, the infection was back...