Word: rashness
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Wall Street's dealmakers have regarded junk bonds, the risky, high-yielding IOUs that have helped to fuel the current rash of mergers and acquisitions, as the juice that made the party go. Now the Federal Reserve is watering down the punch. Last week the board voted 3 to 2 to restrict the use of junk bonds in financing certain corporate takeovers...
...later, another rash of terrorist attacks broke out. Two bombs were planted inside a building in central Vienna; only one exploded, however, and it produced no casualties. An American diplomat was shot in the North Yemen town of San'a, though by week's end he seemed likely to survive. In the southeastern French city of Lyons, a British regional director of the American firm Black & Decker was shot twice in the head. And on Saturday, in the same city, a bomb was set off at the local American Express office. While none of the attacks were necessarily mounted...
...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...
...meantime, there are antiviral medicines for treatment of the symptoms, provided the condition is caught early enough. Pain often precedes the rash by a couple of days and can be mistaken for a heart attack or gallstone problem. Unfortunately, nerve pain is difficult to treat and can lead to permanent disability--another reason why a shingles vaccine would be such a blessing...
...Crimson (29-15) beat Quinnipiac (26-22) yesterday and today in back-to-back 11-10 victories. The Bobcats—projected recently by Baseball America as a stronger seed in the upcoming playoffs—suffered from a rash of Crimson hits and stolen bases in the losses...