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Hong Kong, in the meantime, had begun to relax. From August into November, nothing happened. No new cases appeared. In postmortems on the first case, researchers congratulated themselves on how well the global flu-surveillance system had worked. Some even suggested that it worked too well, that the avian flu had been discovered only because the surveillance network was looking for such events and that isolated bird-to-human infections had probably happened before and gone undetected...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Flu Hunters | 2/23/1998 | See Source »

...relax since we lost to them last time, and we can look forward to playing them," Teaford said. "Before, they were hunting us, so now it's our turn...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: HIGHLIGHTS | 2/13/1998 | See Source »

...likes to say. On the whole, we can imagine a bevy of writers trotting out clever anecdotes about caviar parties of making up involved historical "episodes" without anything more worthwhile to say. I do not think we have to be worried just yet, however. The economy is bound to relax a bit, the contracts should come down a few hundred thousand dollars, and the writers will get back to grumbling about mercenary businessman and slow-witted bourgeois types in suburban colonials...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Literati for Sale | 2/12/1998 | See Source »

What is disturbing is many students' inability to let down their guard and relax while sober. Dancing is scarce at many campus parties, and the little that takes place is terribly inhibited. Most students, especially men, refuse to dance before downing a beer. After that beer, one might hope for good company. But inevitably, someone broaches the topic of schoolwork, likely to complain about how many pages there are to write the next morning for one class or another. Papers as cocktail talk? Professors would be pleased, but there are no TFs around to award brownie points. The whole thing...

Author: By Melissa ROSE Langsam, | Title: Necessary Liquid Courage | 2/3/1998 | See Source »

FISSURE FIX Relief is reported for the painful skin tears known as anal fissures. Injecting the area with a tiny amount of botulinum toxin--yes, the stuff that causes botulism--seems to allow the sphincter to relax. That creates more blood flow--and helps the fissure heal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Report: Feb. 2, 1998 | 2/2/1998 | See Source »

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