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...Salmonella is ordinarily a self-limiting disease, and there is some evidence that using antibiotics can prolong its effects, so we usully do not specifically treat the disease," Postel said...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: UHS Examines Freshmen With Salmonella Disease | 10/17/1978 | See Source »

...ANGELES--Battered and bewildered, the Los Angeles Dodgers stagger back into their own ballpark Tuesday night, hopiong to prolong a World Serics that has turned upsidse down on them...

Author: By The ASSOCIATED Press, | Title: Unhappy Dodgers Stagger Back to L.A. To Continue an Upside-Down Series | 10/17/1978 | See Source »

...Party held by seven Leverett House seniors last Saturday night was a success nonetheless. The party was not as wild as some may have dreamed, however. For example, the Bacchanalia did not last until 5 a.m. as the invitations warned--not that several dedicated students did not try to prolong the ecstasy. Despite early rumors that the gathering would degenerate into an unmitigated orgy, most participants came with their garb securely fastened to their bodies by a unique assortment of pins, loops, staples and other flesh-concealing paraphernalia. Not a single toga was thrown by the wayside in the revelry...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: Send in the Animals | 10/3/1978 | See Source »

Even so, the effort served to prolong the already drawn-out and heated Damascus meeting. Finally, late in the week, Syrian President Hafez Assad asked Vance to delay his scheduled arrival in Syria by 24 hours, until after the hardline Arabs had gone home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Mission to the Middle East | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...crowd had calmed down a bit, not quite knowing what to do with its growing triumph, nursing the drinks to prolong a decision on what to do next. Over in one corner a trio of priests huddled together, discussing topics ecclesiastical and otherwise; in the eye of this growing storm, it seemed the logical place to head...

Author: By Francis J. Connolly, | Title: The Friends of Ed King | 9/26/1978 | See Source »

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