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...Tuesday the government of Mexico City ordered gyms, discos, theaters and all sit-down restaurants (excluding those that serve only take-out) closed until at least May 6, in an effort to limit public gatherings and the spread of the virus. As epidemiologists swarm the country in an effort to trace the virus's spread, the big question remains: Why is the disease seemingly so much more deadly in Mexico than anywhere else? "This will be the object of a great deal of research and attention," said Keiji Fukuda, the interim director-general for health, safety and environment...
...refuse to give ground on gay marriage. So does the Catholic Church, which has shown no willingness to change its own teachings, rooted as they often are in centuries of tradition. But, except for the November referendums, solidarity among fellow-thinkers has not borne much fruit. And a recent swarm of dire ads warning of a "gathering storm" of gay rights mostly backfired. "Those advocates want to change the way I think," a woman says in one of the most-viewed commercials. Another adds, "I will have no choice." And another warns that she will soon be faced with...
...Blagojevich wouldn't have been so eager to sell that Senate seat if he were fighting off a swarm of wasps...
...Harvard. For such a culture to flourish, regard for the privacy and emotions of sexual assault victims is essential. The Crimson’s recent articles “Sexual Assault in River House Reported Saturday” (Tuesday, February 24, 2009) and “Police Officers Swarm Mather” (Monday, February 23, 2009), regarding an ongoing sexual assault investigation, violated individuals’ personal rights and trampled efforts towards a civil, respectful community at Harvard. The choice to report the incident publicly should have been left to the discretion of the Harvard University Police Department. Indeed, HUPD...
...young Winston Churchill, who gallivanted, a bit too gleefully, with a 19th century British expeditionary force through the areas where al-Qaeda and the Taliban are now ensconced. "But to obtain it would be as painful and as tedious an undertaking as to extract the stings of a swarm of hornets, with naked fingers...