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...November, I had chained myself to my worn-down desk in Matthews. By February I had moved into Lamont library, and by May I was eager (actually, drooling) to be rid of the Yard, the Square and, most of all, New England...
...easy, surefire cure is in sight. Without question, says Washington University's Wedner, "the very best way of curing an allergy is to take away the allergen. No one is allergic to something that isn't there." In a few cases, that prescription is simple. Sufferers can get rid of the cat, for example, or avoid obviously allergenic foods and switch to nonlatex (but more expensive) gloves...
...those allergy sufferers unconcerned with domestic decor, the National Institutes of Health recommends the following steps to achieve a dust-free, and therefore dust-mite-free, bedroom: Get rid of carpeting, upholstered furniture, heavy curtains, venetian blinds, fuzzy wool blankets and comforters stuffed with wool or feathers. Empty the room, scrub it and everything that is to be returned to it, and thereafter thoroughly clean the room every week. If replacing curtains, hang some that are lightweight and can be laundered weekly. Replace the comfortable chairs with wooden or metal ones that can be scrubbed, keep clothing in plastic zippered...
...that beta-agonists work too well at providing relief. "If you're allergic to a cat, and a cat walks into the room, you'll cough and wheeze," explains Dr. Clive Page of the University of London. "What your body is saying is 'Leave the room or get rid of the cat.' What you actually do is use your inhaler. You feel wonderful and sit there watching the television with the cat." Meanwhile, the inflammation gets worse because the lungs are still being exposed to allergen. "By dampening down the symptoms, you feel better, but you're deluding yourself into...
...chill those plans: a draft Pentagon report now concludes that even the proposed national-defense site at Grand Forks would violate the ABM treaty. And that, says Federation of American Scientists space policy director John Pike, is what all the urgency is really about. "They're trying to get rid of the ABM treaty before the magic of Desert Storm fades," observes Pike. "They'll work out the bugs later. But it's a very expensive form of diplomacy...