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...Social Security; in Tennessee he said he wanted to sell off the Tennessee Valley Authority. For such a man, it was not so long a leap to opine 20 years later, during the ascendancy of the religious right, "Every good Christian ought to kick Jerry Falwell in the ass." Throughout Goldwater's career runs the spirit of Uncle Morris, leaning forward and telling the busybodies, as his nephew would put it, to cut the crap. In his curmudgeon's heart, Barry Goldwater knew he was right, and more often than...
...shelling. Conventional war breaks out and quickly escalates to the point where both sides resort to their nukes, and 15-kiloton, Hiroshima-size bombs are dropped by warplanes or lofted by missiles on densely populated cities like Bombay and Karachi. Many thousands of civilians die, and deadly fallout spreads throughout the subcontinent...
...public health officials are warning that this year's total could soar. Since the first mysterious outbreak of arthritis-like pain and fever among residents near the Connecticut community of Lyme in 1975, at least 100,000 Americans have been infected with the disease. Now endemic throughout the Northeast as well as parts of the Midwest and the West Coast, Lyme disease is caused by a corkscrew-shaped bacterium called Borrelia burgdorferi. It is spread by the bite of ticks that usually live on mice and deer but also attach themselves to other warm-blooded creatures, including people. Typically, within...
...later, Harvard's run at a national title came to an end just two steps shy of the national championship game with a hard-fought, 1-0, loss to UNC. But the title of `champion' is one the Crimson most assuredly earned with its performance in that contest and throughout its memorable 1997 campaign...
...season began at the Princeton Invitational on February 28, in the home pool of arch-rival Princeton, one of the teams that would act as a measuring stick for Harvard throughout the 1998 campaign. The Crimson won one and lost two at the tournament, but all three games were played against stiff competition. Harvard managed a one-point win over Villanova, 11-10, and losses to Princeton, 7-5, and former powerhouse Slippery Rock...