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...recipients died from brain swelling associated with the disease. Overall, this has been a tough year as far as West Nile virus is concerned; when it first appeared during the summer of 1999, it was contained to New York City, Connecticut and New Jersey. Since then, cases have sprung up around the country, as far west as South Dakota and in southern states like Florida. This year, the CDC has confirmed more than 600 cases of West Nile Virus; 31 of them have been fatal. Between 1999 and 2001, there were 18 deaths linked to the virus...
...times he'd junk this anarch's mission, Disdain sprung rhythm, embrace tradition, And with resolve as firm as Priam's, He'd versify in four-foot iambs...
...black neighborhood south and west of my prestigious, private high school used to be run-down and crowded with public housing shacks and projects. Since my departure to college, parks and condos have increasingly sprung up, making for a more “pleasant” scenery and “improving” the area near downtown while “beautifying” the city as a whole. The area’s economy is improving; it is a safer place to hang out after school gets out, and some people have moved in as an alternative...
...team’s overall success has been limited thus far by an unpredictable offense. The Crimson bats sprung to life last weekend to outscore its opposition by 14 runs. The hitting then disappeared in the Wednesday game against Holy Cross, where Harvard managed just five hits and one unearned run in a 2-1 loss. The Crimson is batting a paltry .232 as a team this season...
...Kings were said to be Ayurveda practitioners and built hospitals in the ancient capital of Anuradhapura. More recently, Ayurveda has attracted an enthusiastic new patient: Sri Lanka's ailing tourism industry. A growing number of hotels on the island now have treatment centers, and several Ayurvedic health spas have sprung up all around the country. As Sri Lanka hopefully attempts to lure visitors in the wake of the recent cease-fire in its 19-year civil war, its beaches and sun, cool hills and cultural curiosities may no longer be enticing enough on their own. Now, hotels sell tourists...