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Before even 250 of the cars were delivered, Ford Motor Co. recalled its brand- new Contour and Mercury Mystique sedans. Reason: a static electricity charge can build up on a shield attached to the fuel-filler pipe, igniting fuel vapors. The cars had been hyped by one of the most expensive advertising campaigns in company history...
...disease. A vaccine is usually made from a harmless fragment of microbe that trains the body's immune system to recognize and fight the real thing. Each person's immune system is chemically different from everyone else's, so it's very difficult for a bacterium to develop a shield that offers universal protection. Diphtheria and tetanus can be prevented by vaccines if they are used properly. A vaccine against the pneumococcus bacterium has recently come out of the lab as well, and scientists expect to test one that targets streptococcus A within a year...
...Director R. James Woolsey denounced CIA mole Aldrich Ames as a "malignant betrayer of his country" whose selling of secrets because he wanted a "bigger house and a Jaguar"cost U.S. agents their lives. Woolsey acknowledged, however, that the agency's "fraternity" culture of secrecy, protectiveness and loyalty helped shield Ames from being unmasked earlier...
...declare a unilateral ceasefire, TIME Paris reporter Bruce Crumley says, the French are downplaying the chance of conflict. The French field troops, meanwhile, are left to wonder whether vengeful Tutsis will simply cut through their small force to claim total victory. "They're acting as a kind of human shield," Crumley says of the French. "But given the ethnicbreakdown (of those they're protecting), they can't really claim neutrality any more."parpar
...games themselves have been rather incredible. Fans of any sport should be able to appreciate the deft footwork necessary to shield a ball from three attackers, or the agile kick that propels a ball on a perfect are to the far post of the goal. Soccer is, after all, just another game that asks for an object to be moved from one side of the field to another. Its mechanics are little different from football, hockey, basketball, lacrosse, polo and many others. Americans should have no trouble watching soccer avidly, when they spend so much time watching men move other...