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...threat of disease is heightened by urban pollution. Brinkmann notes that in industrial countries, as much as 50% of the population will suffer from a rash or other skin disease during the course of a year, compared with maybe 2% in the 1950s. "Is this an indication that pollutants have weakened human immune defenses, leaving city dwellers more vulnerable to otherwise benign diseases?" the epidemiologist asks. Many of the effects of environmental degradation are far from benign. In Upper Silesia, Poland, indiscriminate dumping of toxic wastes has so poisoned the land and water that 10% of the region's newborns...
...would be a rash move for Harvard not toaccept the resort," Love said
Like many a superstar before him, Barney is learning that fame can be a heavy burden. A legal team is scrambling to quash a rash of Barney impostors. And grandiose plans to market and export the creature may, through overexposure, make him a victim of his own success. Still, not a bad fate, given what happened to the rest of the world's dinosaurs...
Several alumni have said that the University should hold its money managersaccountable for their poor performance in the lastthree to five years. But Rudenstine cautioned hiscolleagues to refrain from rash judgments based onHMC's recent disappointing showing...
...national revolution would be a considerable effort, not to mention a serious strain on my everyday concerns. Last night, listening to the Beatles' "Revolution," and expecting to be infused with further justification for my crusade, I quickly sobered up. John and Paul and the gang counseled against the very rash action which I had envisioned...