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With more than 400 cases of SARS, Hong Kong is second only to China as a hotbed of the disease. Some medical officials had called for the rugby event's cancellation, warning that SARS is spread by saliva droplets--in rich supply when you pack tens of thousands of loud, hard-drinking rugby fans together. But the games went ahead, with 25,000 fans attending Saturday...
...home. To attract upscale, first-time buyers, RV makers are offering new levels of luxury and size (think of a 225-sq.-ft. hotel suite with a kitchen and a surround-sound theater). "The average RV owner isn't Joe Six-Pack anymore. It's Joe Chardonnay," says Mike Duncan, investor-relations chief for high-end-RV maker Monaco Coach. The industry has also been winning over the sporty set with vehicles that include not only living quarters but also loading ramps and cargo space for Jet Skis, kayaks, ATVs and dune buggies. As for gas mileage, some new motor...
...rise steadily. There were 26, 27 and 39 new cases reported on April 3, 4 and 5, respectively, bringing the total number since the outbreak began to 800, with 20 deaths. Far from being contained, the disease appears to be gathering steam. "I don't think we should pack our books and go home early," says Dr. Stephen Ostroff, chief epidemiologist for the National Center for Infectious Diseases at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention...
...first glance, Pforzheimer’s Meat Locker doesn’t seem like a mecca for Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The walls are laden with cutouts from 30-pack cases of Pabst, Rolling Rock and Bud Light. On the opposite side of the room, facing the shrine of libation, beckons a large poster of Britney Spears. The floor is cluttered with the remainders of a party held the previous weekend. Despite all appearances, however, the territorial tensions between Israel and Palestine are alive and well in Pfoho’s Wolbach basement...
...President Derek C. Bok hired Arthur Rosenthal, the head of commercial publishing house BasicBooks, to run HUP. Rosenthal brought a more market-driven approach to the press, actively promoting books and publishing works of greater general interest, and bringing HUP dramatically closer to the black and ahead of the pack...