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When swine flu made national headlines last spring, it wasn’t the first time. A similar flu scare began in February, 1976, with the sudden death of 19-year-old Pvt. David Lewis of Fort Dix, New Jersey. He was found to have been killed by “swine flu,” a virus thought to resemble the one responsible for the 1918 flu pandemic. On the advice of worried health officials, president Gerald Ford ordered the implementation of a mass inoculation program. Unfortunately, reports surfaced that the vaccine was causing people to develop...
...must reaffirm the values of national identity and pride in being French," Eric Besson, the Minister for Immigration and National Identity, said as he announced the three-month series of discussions on Nov. 2. "This debate doesn't scare me. I even find it passionate." Besson says it's important for an increasingly diverse France to define its essential unifying values and reclaim a national pride and patriotism that the National Front co-opted long ago for its own xenophobic purposes. (See pictures of Bastille Day celebrations...
...Scare in the Square
Don’t be alarmed if you blearily stumble out of your dorm Friday afternoon to find yourself face-to-face with a menacing monster or a milky-faced mime. It’s just Harvard SCARE, the Square-wide party where magicians, monsters, and mimes overtake the streets of Harvard Square in preparation for the subsequent “Monster Mash” block party, featuring games, contests, evening entertainment and maybe even some spooky surprises.Festivities start at 4 p.m., Saturday, October 31, Harvard Square, Brattle Street. No admission...
...reaffirmed Moscow's commitment to continuing diplomatic talks with Tehran. Lavrov's statement came just three weeks after Russian President Dmitri Medvedev signaled an openness to sanctions. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, meanwhile, declared that it was too early to scrap negotiations, telling reporters, "There is no need to scare the Iranians." Though the U.S. has insisted on keeping sanctions on the table, Clinton conceded that Russia is "not at that point...