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...playing down or covering up any supposed risks, since our business relies on bringing people to their destination happy and healthy," says Véronique Brachet, a spokeswoman for Air France. Other industry experts point to an absence of conclusive medical links between flying and dying, or even getting sick. "There is no scientifically valid evidence that the cabin environment in commercial aircraft is unhealthful," says Dr. Russell Rayman, executive director of the Aerospace Medical Association. Still, enough questions have arisen that regulatory authorities are starting to look into the matter. And even if there is not enough scientific proof...
...Martin and writing-producing partner Rami use the same standards when they apply the musical cosmetics - mixing, polishing and layering vocals and instrumentation. "It's sick," says Martin Dodd, a longtime friend and head of A.-and-R. for record label Zomba Europe. "They'll stay up literally for three days just to get a drum sound right." Even then, songs don't always turn out as planned. With the mixing of Oops! ... I Did It Again, "after a week, Rami and I realized it sounded like shit," he says. "It didn't groove." So they scrapped it and went...
...nast has been forced to authorize more killings - this time of livestock imported from Britain as a precaution against foot-and-mouth disease. Künast is a member of the Green party, and some Greens complain that her large-scale slaughter of animals - when only a few are sick - is wasteful...
...knows how much sleep he needs and is fanatical about getting it. "He's a straight eight-hours man," says Mark McKinnon, his media adviser during the campaign. When a tighter than expected primary season with John McCain forced Bush to cut into that shut-eye, he was sick for nearly a month with a bad cold...
...sophomore at the University of Rhode Island, was a 13-year-old public school seventh-grader when the bullying began. "At first, I tried to brush it off," he remembers. "But it got worse. I got beat up every day and couldn't take it. I'd fake being sick. My grades slipped." David's parents, having learned of his travails, went to school administrators. But the harassment was ceaseless, and David's thoughts darkened: "I felt, 'What did I do to deserve this?' I wanted revenge. I never sat down and planned anything--I personally couldn't pick...