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...laboratory stain devised by the Danish bacteriologist Christian Gram -- are usually harmless. They reside on the skin and in the gut, where they aid in digestion. But any significant disruption to the body's immune response -- caused, for instance, by severe burns, chemotherapy or major abdominal surgery -- allows these rod-shaped bacteria to multiply out of control and invade other parts of the body, eventually entering the bloodstream. Once there, one part of the bacterial cell wall called endotoxin can trigger a cascade of lethal effects, culminating in multiple organ failure and death, sometimes within hours...
...lightning rod for most of these complaints has been CNN's Peter Arnett. Since the all-news network was allowed to remain in Baghdad after most journalists were evicted, Arnett has been broadcasting a stream of reports under Iraqi supervision, mostly showing damage caused by allied bombing. Though CNN carefully labels these reports Iraqi-cleared, they have drawn fire for giving Saddam a conduit for his portrayal of the war. Senator Alan Simpson has impugned Arnett's patriotism; talk-show callers have heaped invective on the reporter. If Arnett were awarded "the Iraq Medal of Honor by Saddam Hussein," suggested...
...Pentagon went on releasing, and the media went on using, comparative statistics that did resemble scores, accompanied by bombing footage that often called to mind a Nintendo video game in which the U.S. team was skunking the opposition. It has often been said that sport is the modern lightning rod for the tribal loyalties once stirred by war. If so, it may not be surprising that war should be covered like sport, with tub-thumping emphasis on how one- sidedly the home team will win. But sports fans crave the illusion of a guaranteed future. In war, misguided optimism...
Best male pop vocalists included Collins, Rod Stewart, Michael Bolton, Billy Joel, James Ingram, and the late Roy Orbison, who was nominated for "Oh, Pretty Woman" from the soundtrack of the hit movie starring Julia Roberts...
During his detention at an Iraqi checkpoint, Basa shared a cell with three other Kuwaitis. Two of the three were tortured while Basa was forced to watch. "They wanted names, resistance leaders, people they could go after," he says. "One fellow had his genitals prodded with an electric rod. After that he was made to sit on a broken Pepsi bottle. Then, working very slowly, they ripped the fingernails off his right hand. He broke, of course. Who wouldn't? He gave them some names. And then they killed him. A single shot between the eyes...