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...Middle East for the Royal Army Medical Corps during World War II. By 1946, TB was a leading cause of death among adults in Europe and North America, festering in the close quarters of military barracks and shelters accommodating displaced communities. There was no treatment other than rest and fresh air. An American scientist had purified an antibiotic, streptomycin, that raised hopes by showing a remarkable ability to kill tuberculosis bacteria in a lab dish. But nobody knew whether the compound would prove effective--or safe--in human patients...
After a disappointing end to the match, Weiss noted that the team would benefit from a bit of rest...
...last year’s totally straight-faced denunciation of “The Da Vinci Code” as an “offense against God.” (The spats tend to come off as amusing largely because the church takes him far more seriously than the rest of the world does.) Yet it’s hard to imagine Brown—or previous bête noire J.K. Rowling—creating a work of such potency as to produce the existential symptoms the Pope fears...
...Bears held Harvard scoreless for the rest of the first frame and struck back 6:43 into the second with Alena Polenska’s goal...
...think that really set the tone for the rest of the game,” Kessler said. “We were successful on our power play. That’s something we haven’t been able to do much this season...