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...terrorist bombings: the nation's sense of itself. Morocco has long tried to occupy a middle ground between its European and North American allies on one side and the conservative, Islam-dominated societies of fellow Arab countries. Now Moroccans fear they may have the worst of both worlds: the strain of jihadist militancy rooted in the affluent nations of the Middle East, and the vast, economically stricken populations from which al-Qaeda networks have so effectively recruited in the West. Investigations last week into the five kamikaze attacks that rocked Morocco's economic capital revealed the 15 terrorists involved were...
Bergman, ranked No. 46 in the nation, won her first two points against No. 12 Sarah Walker of UCLA in the NCAA first round of 64, but she felt a twinge in her forearm after the third. The injury, later diagnosed as a muscle strain, caused her to lose control of her forehand. She went on to lose the match...
...strain is beginning to show on the face of Chen Chien-jen, the new Health Minister. He says he was "cautiously optimistic" a week ago that the virus could be contained within a month. Now, with a map of Taiwan in his hands that shows victims in every region of the island, he is not so sure. "I can no longer be confident it won't spread farther," he says. "I even had to admit that to my own President." Armed with that information, it may not be too much longer before President Chen, too, is seen wearing a face...
...risk of death from SARS, meanwhile, may have less to do with a particular strain of the virus and more to do with the body's reaction to it. "The immunological and inflammatory response of the body," says Fauci, "could be contributing significantly to the damage in the lungs." But nailing that down, along with questions of whether survivors become immune to further infection and whether the disease is permanently with us, like AIDS, will take more research...
Scalise and Lewis said that the University must be careful to avoid putting additional strain on college athletes, some of whom already find the distance to the athletic fields to be difficult...