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...Chan Suk-fan, at a favorite haunt, the Mandarin Oriental hotel. When he didn't show, Chan called Leslie, who was on the terrace of the hotel's 24th-floor gym. He said he'd meet her outside; he'd be right down. It was a final tease?a sick joke, really?for when Chan came out she found his body on the pavement. He had leapt to his death...
...humans, who have no immunity from the alien invader. The most obvious examples of this are HIV and influenza, and the latter disease has disturbing parallels with SARS. The flu virus lives usually in the stomachs of waterfowl, and the two are co-adapted?the birds don't get sick. It is widely believed among virologists, however, that with the domestication of ducks in southern China 2,000-3,000 years ago, flu jumped species...
While most students know that Harvard Square boasts its share of alternatives for the student who’s sick of Curry Lentil Bake and Carnival Cookies in Harvard’s dining halls, many are unaware of the not-too-distant world of cheap chow and delicious dives described in the Hungry? Boston food guide...
...intersections shut down by human blockades. Hay bales set on fire in the streets around the Transamerica Building. Police-car windows smashed all over town. A vomit-in by a small group at the base of the Federal Building to demonstrate that the war made them sick. 1,350 arrests--the highest one-day total in the history of the city--and a police plea for motorists to stay away from downtown. "Absolute anarchy," was how San Francisco assistant police chief Alex Fagan...
...after this conversation, Aaron’s school called Fu to say he was sick. When she got to the school to pick him up, she found Aaron completely healthy. He had pretended to be ill so that Fu, not one of her friends who had been picking him up lately, would come...