Word: sicklied
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...companies face bankruptcy because of all the unreimbursed costs of rescuing illegals from the desert. Schools everywhere here are poor, overcrowded and growing. Truck traffic is good for your business but bad for your health; many border cities routinely fail to meet federal air-quality standards. Border agents get sick from standing on the bridges and inhaling diesel exhaust...
DeSalvo, on the other hand, was a nightmare straight out of Thomas Harris. Born into a violent home in a rough neighborhood, he was a perfect storm of another kind--handsome enough to talk his way into women's homes, sick enough to rape and kill, smart enough to cover his tracks afterward. "All I know is that something would happen and I would have my arms around their necks," he told an investigator. (Junger makes extensive and creepily effective use of police transcripts.) DeSalvo sometimes posed his victims after the crime for shock value and left the victim...
...didn't expect to open a restaurant in Las Vegas, since it would be too far from New York for him to drop in unannounced. Of course, back then you could also see Batali wearing something other than his now trademark orange clogs. Doesn't he ever get sick of them? "Hey," he answers, "it doesn't matter, as long as they remember...
...opening rally on a three-city tour isn't just for teens to celebrate their faith by listening to biblically inspired music that rocks - though that is certainly a big part of it. Organizers say they're also sending a message to the outside world that these teens are sick of the sex, drugs and violence that permeates their culture. Teen Mania Ministries, the Texas-based group that is organizing the tour, says that teens see 14,000 sexual scenes on TV each year, and another 10,000 rapes, assaults and murders. Some 90% of 8-to-16-year-olds...
...Depressed?” (Mar. 20), Lucy Caldwell told Harvard students dealing with depression that they should relish their misery and use it productively. This is akin to telling someone with a severely debilitating medical condition to enjoy it, because lots of people do their best work when sick...