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Think of yourself flying across the country. An engine starts sputtering; cause for alarm, sure, but the pilot does that folksy number--"Aw, shucks, little problem here"--and assures you the others can take the strain. Then a second engine goes out; the sweat trickles down your neck, but you reckon you'll make it to the ground safely. But if the third, and then the fourth, flame...
...While a bottom-up "unity government" begins to take shape on the Palestinian street, Sharon's own unity government is showing a few signs of strain. Foreign Minister Shimon Peres, architect of the Oslo Accord, criticized last week's seizure of Orient House as a tactical mistake - and it's easy to see why. The move brought fierce international criticism, even from Washington, and turned the focus of the international community away from the suicide bombing. It also painted Sharon into a corner: Because Orient House had no official status in Israeli-Palestinian agreements, it will be politically difficult...
...Obviously, the heat is putting strain on all of our equipment,” he said...
...Institute’s findings are all the more significant because subtype C is considered one of the most infectious strains of HIV—it is responsible for over 50 percent of all cases of HIV worldwide, and is the most prevalent strain in Sub-Saharan Africa...
...felt like the doctor in The Andromeda Strain; the clock was outracing me. I went to my e-mail program, clicked on File, then selected Work Offline. That, I assumed, would cordon me off from the Net and keep me from spreading the bug while I figured out how to get rid of it. Next I checked my Out box. Argh! Sixty-five messages were queued up, waiting to be sent to my friends. Each was from me. Each bore the subject line "Homepage." Each had a file attached, as doom-laden as a warhead...