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Word: superflu (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...woods without a bit of fear in the back of the mind. No wonder people pay an unreasonable amount of attention when tabloids trumpet headlines about "flesh-eating bacteria." And no wonder Stephen King's The Stand, a TV mini-series based on his novel about a "superflu" that ravages the world's population, earned some of the year's highest ratings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MEDICINE: The Killers All Around | 9/12/1994 | See Source »

...scenes that hopscotch around the country -- a small town in East Texas, a disease-control lab in Vermont, the streets of New York City -- the plague spreads, causing death, panic, chaos. Practically all that remains of civilization is talk-radio etiquette. A radio host (Kathy Bates), enraged about the "superflu" cover-up, takes calls from panicked listeners who tell of dying babies and mass body burnings. Says one caller: "First of all ((cough)), I just want to tell you that I love your show...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Slouching Towards Vegas | 5/9/1994 | See Source »

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