Word: rabid
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...remain within the official fold. But 1,000 or more dissenters walked out to start a new congregation. Joining them is physician Grady Crosland, who served on the Body and Soul panel and opposed its work. "The denomination is rotten," he snaps. "No use staying around to shoot a rabid...
...when Fahd met in April with four of the 47 women who drove their automobiles last November in defiance of tradition. The women, many of them teachers (one of the few professions open to females), were suspended from their jobs, plagued by anonymous phone calls, threatened with beheading by rabid Muslim preachers and denied permission to leave the - country. Like a stern but forgiving father, Fahd told the women he had to discipline them as he would his own daughters, but hinted that their punishment would soon end. Nonetheless, the issue of women's rights is likely to be deferred...
...This morning, as I delivered papers at about eight, doors kept swinging open behind me," said Nancy L. Fresco '94. "People were really rabid...
...rabies epidemic is spreading through the northeastern U.S. Since 1989, when infected raccoons first appeared in New Jersey, 700 rabid animals -- including skunks, foxes and even a bear -- have been counted in that state alone. Last month three rabid raccoons were discovered in Connecticut, and experts say it's only a matter of time before the disease moves farther into New England...
Rabies began to spread northward in 1977, when 3,500 Florida raccoons were imported into West Virginia to be hunted for sport. A number of them were rabid and quickly transmitted the disease to other forms of wildlife and to some humans: rabies killed 13 people in the U.S. during the past decade. "Once raccoon rabies is here, it's here to stay," says Dr. Matthew Cartter, an epidemiologist with the Connecticut State Department of Health. "This is a long-term problem...