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...There is little doubt that China will be in deep trouble if the [avian flu] pandemic were to strike in the next few years. It has a moral obligation to its own people, and to the world, to rectify the situation as soon as possible." DR. DAVID HO, U.S. aids researcher, warning in an article in the medical journal Nature that China is dangerously unprepared for an outbreak of the h5n1 virus...
...maniacs' rackets reflect their dark intent to find an excuse to launch a pre-emptive nuclear strike against our republic." KOREAN CENTRAL TELEVISION, North Korea's national TV network, responding to U.S. warnings that the country may be preparing to conduct its first nuclear test...
...thought with the strike, you might cross a picket line and get some ice time...
...Greg Burke has been traveling the world's art capitals. "This morning in L.A. I had breakfast with Rob Storr, who is, among other things, the director of Venice 2007," he reports. While Australia will host a series of intimate breakfasts in Venice, New Zealand opted for the preemptive strike. For the critics who count, "minds are being made up even before they get to the Vernissage," says Burke, who curated New Zealand's inaugural show in 2001. "So we've coined the phrase, We've got to win the battle before we get to Venice...
...last at-bat of Mann’s career—runners waited on second and third in the bottom of the ninth with a two-out, 14-6 deficit to overcome—the captain struck out to end the game. The final pitch: a called strike on a 3-2 fastball that looked inside. Gracefully, Mann bowed out and shook hands with the opposing team...