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...that patients could receive a previously unknown microbe along with their transplants. When viruses or bacteria have made the jump from animals to humans in the past, they have often proved exceedingly virulent: HIV, which causes AIDS; Ebola virus; and hantavirus are all chilling precedents. In a worst-case scenario, such transplants could introduce humanity to a plague that would make all of those look tame. "This is a serious mistake," says Jonathan Allan, a virologist at the Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research in San Antonio, Texas. "It only takes one transmission from one baboon to a human to start...
...royal family to remarry (the Earl of Harewood, the Queen's first cousin), she did so upon the advice of Prime Minister Harold Wilson. Therefore her recent instruction to Charles, 47, and Diana, 32, to divorce was a veritable act of state. For this is the worst-case scenario: Elizabeth suddenly dies, Charles becomes King--and an estranged but undivorced Diana, Queen. Their rival courts would then so conspire against each other that the fabric of the British monarchy might rip beyond repair...
...know the scenario well: After the mockery and pity subsides, our friends settle into their long and luxurious vacations. We, however, must brace ourselves for our short one, which seems even shorter because of what lies ahead. Every January seems to be filled with too much unstructured time, too much guilt over unproductive winter breaks and too many days between when classes end and exams start. Year after year these gripes fall on deaf ears, and calendar reform seems hopeless...
...DELIVERY SERVICE Three TV spots for DHL parody advertisers' fear tactics, as they exaggerate the perils of entrusting foreign-package delivery to no-name operators. One scenario: your parcel ends up in the hands of an aspiring Russian rock star, who holds band practice in his delivery truck and uses the pieces of cargo as drums...
Unfortunately for Benton, sophomore guard Mike Scott had no intention of allowing such a scenario to unfold. Scott rejected Benton's jumper and sent the ball into the hands of freshman point guard Tim Hill. Hill raced down the floor and, after juking a hapless Vermont defender out of his shorts, layed the ball in with ease at the buzzer...