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Take, for example, the report out of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control last week that at least a dozen people in the Northeast died this summer--and dozens more got sick--after becoming infected with listeria, one of the lesser-known bacterial causes of food poisoning...
...After, say, an all-nighter, that’s such a great feeling that, for me, all of the awful time management problems are worth it. It’s almost a sick satisfaction,” she says...
...James. The very idea of selling or completely de-merging the telecom crown jewel whose acquisition pushed FT's share price to all-time highs once looked like heresy. And the prospect isn't happier now that the relatively healthy Orange would have to be sold in a very sick market. But as Michel Bon could tell the next CEO, in Europe's current telecom environment, tough choices are about the only ones left. SPACE The Businessman in the moon it's one great leap for businessman-kind: the U.S. government has given TransOrbital permission to launch the first commercial...
...recurring nightmare from when she was very young about her house burning to the ground with the three of them trapped inside. Hilary had also taken to blaming herself for her dad's disappearance and was preoccupied with guilty thoughts. "I kept thinking that if the cat had gotten sick or I'd gotten sick that morning, he wouldn't have gone to work," says Hilary. She had seen students at her school have violent asthma attacks. If only her lungs had closed up on Sept. 11, she thought...
That doesn't mean the inspectors can let down their guard. Though they still work 12-to-16-hour shifts in relentless heat and bitter cold, they have logged fewer sick days than before the national crisis. "They're tired and they've made a lot of personal sacrifices, but they continue to demonstrate the same dedication today as they did on the 11th of September," says Anderson. Anderson's own closet-size cubicle inside the small brick customs office is a spartan place purged of distractions except for photos of Linda and their daughter, 23, and son, 19. Taped...