Word: tick
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Back in the 1950s it was polio. Nowadays the big summertime scare--at least in the suburbs of the Northeast and northern Midwest--is Lyme disease. Caught early enough, the tick-borne infection can usually be cleared by taking antibiotics. But if the corkscrew-shaped bacteria, or spirochetes, that cause Lyme disease linger undetected in the body, they can trigger crippling arthritis, serious heart problems and even nerve damage...
...will have to act fast, however, if you want to beat this year's tick season. In order to build up even the 50% protection provided by the first two shots, which are given a month apart, you must start the injections before the end of April...
Manufactured by SmithKline Beecham under the brand name Lymerix, the new vaccine operates on the principle that the best defense is a good offense. Unlike other vaccines, it targets disease-causing organisms outside the body, in the tick, rather than after they've invaded the bloodstream. Here's how it works...
...must know then that 24 hours earlier, I was getting the lowdown on her profession from two of New York's Finest. Over a late lunch at the Tick Tock Diner, Detective Ralph Aiello briefed me about his undercover work for Operation Crystal Ball, a crackdown on exploitative fortunetellers. "They're like vultures on the African plain," says Aiello. His boss, Lieutenant Robert Groth, in a sleek blue suit and crisp haircut, puts it simply: "They're professional con artists...
...search for something else that looked cool enough to claim as their own. The '50s were a neat fit. Like the current decade, it was a time of optimism and excitement when rapid technological change led people to think about the future. Financially, things were on an upward tick, and America saw few imminent threats to its power. But more important than the current premillennial bout of optimism, the fascination with the stark elegance of the '50s reflects a backlash against the TV-in-every-room consumption of the '70s and '80s. For thirtysomethings with a little money to throw...