Word: rashness
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Some would claim the fad was sparked by last year's rash of farm films: Jessica Lange's Country, Sissy Spacek's The River and Sally Field's Places in the Heart, to name the most nauseating. But I disagree. America doesn't need PR--wary actresses to put the grit in gritgeist and make it a salable item. Instead, last week's FarmAID effort did just that...
...alert was instituted Monday, after a student was diagnosed with Rubeola. Symptoms of measles--not to be confused with German Measles, or Rubella--include fever, a runny nose and irriated eyes, followed by a rash on the face and body...
...same time. Its most magnetic leader, though he disclaims sole authority, is Sheik Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah. Richard Helms, a former CIA director and Ambassador to Iran, describes Fadlallah as "Khomeini's spiritual man" in Lebanon. Fadlallah is widely believed to have played at least some role in the rash of bloody anti-Western car bombings, including the 1983 attacks on the U.S. embassy and U.S. Marine barracks that claimed a total of 258 American lives. In a recent interview published by the bimonthly Middle East Insight, Fadlallah denied ordering these assaults but freely admitted that "suicide attacks are another form...
...scientists. The disease, which reached its peak in 1980, when 890 cases were reported, occurred primarily in menstruating women, though men and children could also be affected. Toxic shock could strike with appalling speed, progressing in a matter of hours from fever and dizziness to a strange, sunburn-like rash and a drop in blood pressure so severe that the victim might go into shock. For about 4% of patients, TSS proved fatal. Scientists quickly linked the disease to the use of tampons, particularly the "superabsorbent" variety, but the reasons for the tampon connection remained obscure. Last week a team...
Another major concern of law-enforcement officials is the surge of insider trading, in which company executives or employees use confidential information to help themselves or friends make killings in the stock market. In particular, the recent rash of mergers and acquisitions has created golden opportunities for investors who are tipped off to the deals ahead of time. Perhaps the most notorious episode involved Paul Thayer, the former businessman who became Deputy Secretary of Defense under President Reagan. While chairman of LTV and a member of the boards of Anheuser-Busch and Allied, Thayer passed to friends information about acquisitions...