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...plane to Singapore for a medical conference and hurriedly cleaned up a spill in his lab from a leaky waste bag. Chan told investigators that he thought the spill was safe because it was several days old and therefore any virus in it should have died. Not exactly a spit-and-polish operation...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SARS Gets Loose in the Lab | 12/20/2003 | See Source »

...remember Rudenstine coming in to talk to us [during the sit-in] surrounded by a league of dean stooges or the House masters or whatever. He looked like absolute hell—so haggard. He had a fleck of spit on his lower lip and he said, ‘I will resign before I allow you to coerce this university into accepting your demands.’ That wasn’t quite how it worked out,” says Elfenbein...

Author: By Adam P. Schneider, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Acting Up | 12/11/2003 | See Source »

...finally, if you really want to blend in, that's easy: just chew betel nut and wear old clothes. Any self-respecting raskol is likely to think twice when he sees you with ripped jeans and a mouth full of scary red spit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "How Do I Survive Port Morseby?" | 12/1/2003 | See Source »

...appear lost or uncertain. And finally, if you really want to blend in, that's easy: just chew betel nut and wear old clothes. Any self-respecting raskol is likely to think twice when he sees you with ripped jeans and a mouth full of scary red spit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: "How Do I Survive Port Moresby?" | 11/30/2003 | See Source »

...consuming," says Bear of his fears. "I don't sit on my bed for 12 hours and pray." But like his enemy Ahmed, Bear asks God for help before every operation as he stands with his buddies to listen to the commander's orders and spit chewing tobacco into the dust. "You say a little prayer and ask that your family is taken care of if something happens," says Bear. "You say, 'Lord, you took care of me before. Take care...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Insurgent And The Soldier | 11/17/2003 | See Source »

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