Word: patagonian
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...naval ship, approached the troubled craft, they found 78 Sri Lankan Tamil asylum seekers heading for Australia. Unsurprisingly, their wooden boat was not seaworthy, and those on board were transferred to the Oceanic Viking, an armed patrol vessel used by Australian customs to track poachers of the highly endangered Patagonian toothfish in these waters...
...been spreading fast, but with a low mortality rate. On Aug. 5, Argentina reported that deaths from H1N1 had more than doubled to 337 from 165 two weeks earlier, with around 700,000 suspected cases of the disease so far. The impact has been widespread. Attendance has dropped at Patagonian ski resorts, and flu fears have crippled the Buenos Aires theater business. Across the region, countries are reporting that H1N1 has become the dominant strain of the season, but has remained stable genetically. The lack, so far, of a mutated virus is crucial for vaccine manufacturers, who have been working...
...better understand how this bug might move through the U.S. in coming months, officials have spent part of this summer monitoring the way H1N1 has been behaving during the southern hemisphere's winter months. It has been spreading fast, attendance has dropped at Patagonian ski resorts, and flu fears have crippled the Buenos Aires theater business. Across the region, countries are reporting that H1N1 has become the dominant strain of the flu season. But the most positive development is that the virus has so far not mutated - a fact that makes it possible for scientists to create a vaccine...
...French Riviera, sitting on your 100-foot yacht, and planning a cocktail party for 60 of your closest movie-star friends. Now let's say you decide that your party absolutely, positively requires a bushel of Patagonian blueberries, a case of 1990 Dom Perignon, some bongo drums, and a pair of llamas. Who do you call...
...personal concierge available 24 hours a day, costs-well, if you have to ask, you probably can't afford it. "We're not saying Quintessentially is for everyone," Elliot admits. Those of us who can't afford an invite to the party will just have to find our Patagonian blueberries and albino peacocks elsewhere...