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...only good thing about most epidemics is that if you act fast you can snuff them out before a local brushfire becomes a global blaze. That's what happened in 2002, when the SARS outbreak was contained after claiming thousands - rather than millions - of lives worldwide. That's what failed to happen in 1918, when a rare avian flu made the jump to humans and killed 50 million people before it was brought to heel...
...Betty James, who died Nov. 20 at 90, gave the Slinky its name and hand wrapped the first ones on her kitchen table. She also developed the renowned and catchy jingle--"What walks downstairs alone or in pairs/ And makes a slinkity sound?/ A spring, a spring, a marvelous thing/ Ev'ryone knows it's Slinky!"--which launched hundreds of millions of Slinkys down staircases worldwide...
Once there, Brecher saw his career flourish. He remains the only person to be given solo writing credit on two Marx Brothers films (At the Circus and Go West). Groucho Marx, the mustached brother, once said that beginning his friendship with Brecher was "the only good thing about making At the Circus." Groucho--in a play off of Brecher's uncredited role as script editor on The Wizard of Oz--also bestowed on Brecher the nickname "The Wicked Wit of the West." Brecher used that wit to create the long-running radio series The Life of Riley...
...Final Club membership and a Pep Rally that was problematic at best, Schwartz’s established relationships with administrators and students, garnered through his previous leadership roles, are hardly in doubt.“Ben does so much for this campus. It’s sad that one thing gets so much [play],” Lundy says of the Final Club tie. “Ben doesn’t take a ‘no’ answer when he’s trying to improve student life.”Schwartz says he has dedicated...
...have this thing where we don’t appear at the same time. We don’t do it intentionally, but it just happens. It’s actually because we’re the same person. It’s one of the best-kept secrets of the campaign,” Petri reveals...