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...without palpable catastrophe, the theory begins to seem far-fetched and totally passe. The once spell-bounding specter of spreading deserts, of global famine, of expensive real estate on the Florida panhandle disappearing beneath the Atlantic as unforgiving waters reclaim Vero Beach, no longer invokes a powerful reaction of shock and dismay. Why agree to impose on ourselves expensive pollution controls that will slow production, simply for the sake of preventing something that seems more fantasy than reality...
Quickly after the onset of these initial, mostly benign symptoms, more serious symptoms such as chest pain and shock ensue, and some patients become blind or begin to bleed profusely. This bleeding is caused by the breakdown of membranous tissues that separate different parts of the body from others. As these cells become infected and release their viral loads, the patients' organs effectively liquefy. Membranes that separate the patient from the outside world also breakdown, releasing this internal viral slurry. In effect, the patient becomes a human virus bomb...
...Crimson did not hesitate to cash in on Dartmouth's shock after giving up the initial goal. Before the Big Green announcers even finished announcing Scott's goal to the crowd, senior forward Kate Nagle and sophomore forward Philomena Gambale had already teamed up for goal number...
...know this, but JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS was American royalty. So Sarah Bradford's reverential America's Queen won't shock anyone with its conclusion that Jackie still hovers over us as a model of poise and grace. What's new are revelations about Jackie from folks a bit closer to her than a thrice-removed Kennedy cousin. Gore Vidal, Arthur Schlesinger Jr., Richard Goodwin, Jackie's ultracompetitive sister Lee Radziwill Ross and several of Jackie's ex-lovers comment on, among other things, her romantic issues with father figures, her intense, loving relationship with Bobby Kennedy, and her father "Black...
...parent, you can relate to the shock Tifton parents felt when, without threats, leg shackles, the smashing of TVs or the withholding of video-game privileges, their children began reading books before, during and after school. "It got to where you had to say, 'No more books,'" says Lenell Lindsey, a second-grade teacher at Lastinger Elementary. "You had to say, 'There's more to school than reading books all the time...