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...Cordingley also cautions against underreporting the extent of the spread of the disease, hinting at what happened with China's Ministry of Health, which came under fire for covering up much of the deadly SARS outbreak. "If you have got a problem, you have to speak up," he says. So far WHO has been pleased with communication from Mexico and elsewhere, he says, adding that reporting has been "instantaneous." (See pictures of the return of bird...
Just as importantly, the sports teams we grew up with have given us some of the best experiences of our childhoods. Every sports fan remembers crying and cheering over losses and victories and immortalizing his or her athletic heroes. During spring training, students in the high school cafeteria would speak excitedly of a hopeful new year and look forward to missing school days in April and May to attend baseball games with their dads. During the winter, looking forward to Sunday football games was one of the few reprieves from the cold, dreary, snowy, and generally depressing weather. Every...
...rather the story of a budding romance that shimmers in its details—like the first chewy taste of goat stew or the unceremonious clank of earrings dropped straight onto floor tiles. The film is frank, unassuming, and gently witty. In a soft and steady voice, it speaks volumes about the power of chance in finding love.The movie begins when the obnoxious Al Lolly (John Goodman) purchases a $14,000 Swedish mattress in the warehouse where shy 28-year-old Brian Weathersby (Paul Dano, “There Will Be Blood”) works as a salesman. Later...
...people rather than her Mormon friends individually. Panelist Tyler R. Clites ’12 said that he felt like he had been preparing for questions about his faith all his life. Clites said he volunteered to be a panelist because he has never found it difficult to speak about his religion and also thought the event would be good practice for answering questions on his mission. Attendee Jeffrey L. Hall ’11 said that he admired the thoughtfulness of the panelists. “A lot of people don’t know why they...
...TIME, a weekly listening hour that features audio recordings of poetry from the 20th and 21st centuries, there is IMPROMPTU POETICS, which invites guest poets to recording sessions in the Poetry Room, which are also open to the public. Lastly, Woodberry Works-in-Progress allows scholars and artists to speak with attendees about projects that are in their nascent stages. “Seeing someone immersed in the outset of an idea, when the yesses and nos remain unsplit in it, humanizes it and allows us admittance,” Davis says about Works-in-Progress. She hopes that...