Word: sprayings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...city that prides itself as one of the most liberal in the country, one headline this summer was particularly jolting. Top training officers in the Cambridge Police Department said they taught new recruits that pepper spray was less effective on members of certain Hispanic ethnic groups because of their alleged predilection for spicy foods...
...upside down in a kayak in San Francisco Bay, fighting panic. I'm not sure I can hold my breath much longer. I yank away at the tab that attaches a rubber spray skirt--and me--to the two-person boat, the bottom of whose hull is bobbing on the surface...
...hospital where his eldest son Edward had had a cancerous leg amputated. Soon after, the Senator went skiing with young Teddy, who quickly took to the slopes on one leg. When Teddy beat him to the bottom of the hill, the Senator made a fast turn to spray the boy with snow while wiping away tears. Last Friday, at the reception following the memorial service, it was Kennedy again who helped lift the spirits of those around him. He told stories and jokes, and found his voice to sing the hymn Just a Closer Walk with Thee...
Does this mean you should never walk in the woods again? Absolutely not. But a few precautions are in order. Tuck your pants into your socks, spray DEET on your clothes and stay away from the grassy, overgrown areas favored by ticks. Also, be sure to check your body and your kids' bodies at least once...
NEEDLE-FREE SHOTS It's not the flu season yet, but it never hurts to be prepared. Protection from the pesky influenza virus may soon come from a simple squirt in the nostrils. Adults using a novel spray vaccine containing a crippled form of the virus had fewer sick days and took less medication than those who toughed it out without shots. Alas, it may be two years before the spray is available in doctor's offices...