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...bottleneck at peak hours of the day.With dining hall overcrowding becoming an increasingly large problem on campus, the proliferation of stringent interhouse dining restrictions is not a surprise. The escalation of restrictions is a necessary evil that we will have to live with, but it should not be a pox on all the Houses...
...wisecracking Rodney Hide. But Act's nine list seats could be wiped out on present polling, victims of National's resurgence. To shore up its vote and become the third force in national politics that leader Winston Peters aspires to, New Zealand First is taking a "pox on both your houses" attitude: it will not be in a coalition with either of the major parties. Who can say where the mercurial Peters will take his troops after Sept. 17? A sure thing, however, is that next week either Clark or Brash will be all dressed up and looking for dancing...
...ever had shingles--a blistering rash that plagues about 1 million Americans each year, most of them elderly--chances are you know how devastating it can be. And if you've never had shingles--well, just wait. Shingles is caused by the same virus that causes chicken pox--a nasty little bundle of DNA that lies dormant in sensory nerves for decades after the initial infection until, for reasons that are still unclear, it is reawakened. Anyone who has ever had chicken pox is at risk of developing shingles, as well as the nerve damage that often accompanies the rash...
That's why there was so much interest last week in a New England Journal of Medicine report on an experimental vaccine that cuts the risk of shingles--and its painful side effects--by more than half. Like the chicken pox inoculation that is given to children, the new vaccine contains a weakened form of the chicken pox virus. The adult version, though, is 20 times more powerful than the pediatric one because it's working to boost the immune response in bodies where the virus has already taken hold. (Children who are vaccinated against chicken pox still get shingles...
...rained heavily in San Juan on the night she was named Miss Puerto Rico. Deborah Carthy-Deu, 19, paid no attention to those omens. Like any self-respecting teen, she was impressed with the fact that the last of her facial marks from a bout with chicken pox cleared up two days before the deciding pageant in Puerto Rico. From there she was on a roll, and last week in Miami she became the 34th Miss Universe, the second time a Puerto Rican has won the crown. "I used to sit in front of the TV and dream about becoming...