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...Illnesses were just icky or a bore before I had kids. Now if my child so much as clears her throat, it's straight to the Cystic Fibrosis section of the "Mother's Guide to Life-Threatening Conditions That Your Child Almost Certainly Has" book on my shelves. I usually work back from CF, through lung cancer, pneumonia, asthma, pertussis, bronchitis, and finally, good old upper respiratory tract infection, which is what a cold gets called these days. Is this some weird corollary to the whooping cough rule - the less scary the disease, the scarier the name? I've even...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: When Whooping Cough Attacks | 2/13/2002 | See Source »

...school with a cut-throat admissions department that only accepts about 10 percent of its applicant pool and maintains an average incoming SAT score of over 1500, it is not at all surprising that a large percentage of the student body might submit high quality work on a regular basis. The average student IQ around the sunny streets of Cambridge must be well over 150, so why is it a problem that with effort, an extremely talented student body can produce Grade A academic material...

Author: By Arianne R. Cohen, | Title: Where Are My Inflated Grades? | 2/12/2002 | See Source »

...interview shortly after the incident, Good alleged that “[the sergeant] grabbed [Trombly] about the throat and continued pummeling...

Author: By Justin D. Gest, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Officer Indicted In Student Assault Case | 1/11/2002 | See Source »

...interview shortly after the incident, Trombly’s attorney, Andrew Good, alleged that “[the sergeant] grabbed [Trombly] about the throat and continued pummeling...

Author: By Justin D. Gest, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Officer Indicted in Student Assault Case | 1/9/2002 | See Source »

...cajole the Afghan forces to do what it wants. In eastern Afghanistan, the U.S. has plied one bin Laden hunter, Haji Zaman, with $100 for each of his soldiers. The $25 million bounty promised to the warlord who captures bin Laden has created a dash for the Saudi's throat between Zaman and two rival commanders, Hazrat Ali and Haji Qadir. U.S. officials treated claims of bin Laden sightings in Tora Bora with skepticism, knowing that the warlords are angling to procure more funds for the hunt. The commander who finds bin Laden could also win control of Jalalabad...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Into the Caves | 12/17/2001 | See Source »

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