Word: pneumonia
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DuBois, who retired in 1969, died of pneumonia and heart failure, said Jeanne Taylor, who was her companion for more than 40 years...
Folkman likens the recent clinical success in combatting cancer to the nearly hopeless battle against pneumonia in the early years of this century, when the sometimes successful sulfa drug and later penicillin were introduced. Scientists then had little theoretical knowledge of pneumonia, but were nonetheless happy to have some kind of treatment, however flawed...
...first hint that something was wrong came in August, when dead dolphins -- victims of pneumonia and liver damage -- began washing up on Mediterranean beaches near Valencia, Spain. But until the past few weeks, no one had | realized the extent of the disaster. When scientists from European countries began comparing notes, it suddenly became clear that some sort of epidemic was raging through the striped dolphin population of the western Mediterranean Sea. In France, where dead dolphins usually wash ashore at a rate of about 50 a year, 50 were discovered in a two-week period, and the toll in Spain...
Braving the crisp fall air of Central Square, Democratic candidate Larry W. Beeferman began his rounds early yesterday handing out flyers, talking to potential supporters and complaining about catching pneumonia...
...Mandela has traveled 63,350 miles in 84 days to 23 countries, urging the retention of sanctions against South Africa and raising hackles by his refusal to denounce Fidel Castro and other revolutionaries who have supported his cause. The strain is showing: last week Mandela came down with mild pneumonia in Ethiopia. Mandela, who turns 72 this week, is considering a vacation that could raise some eyebrows: a three-week Caribbean sojourn as Castro's guest in Cuba...