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...public-health officials believe the risks are remote, concern is building in both Europe and the U.S. that the mad-cow problem may be larger than it seems. This week the science journal Nature published a paper on the possibility that last year's outbreak might be only the tip of an epidemiological iceberg, and that tens of thousands of Europeans are unknowingly infected and could die from the disease. Moreover, a number of researchers in the U.S. aren't convinced that some of the same conditions that led to the mad-cow breakout in Britain might not exist here...
These fairs include the costs of tolls and gratuity. Even at rush hour, the fare is a few dollars less than the average price with tip quoted in The Unofficial Guide to Harvard...
...present tense has a whole new pitch. When you don't know how long you have, the simple words "I am" are enough to remind you of the unbearable lightness of being. With the past tense the problem is that you catch yourself saying, "I was..." and feel the tip of the wing of the angel of death. But the trickiest form of speech by far is the future. One of the first things lost to real illness isn't alertness or vigor. It's the simple pleasure of saying, in full confidence, "I will...
...Academie Francaise's much-publicized hysteria over the bastardization of the French language by Americanisms is only the tip of France's long-standing obsession with language. In the 18th-century court portrayed in "Ridicule," the skillful manipulation of language is the sole means of gaining and keeping social status. The world of Versailles is shaped by what they refer to as "wit." Lest one believe that this wit is based on the crass premise of merely producing amusement, one French noble dismisses disdainfully the "hew-mah" of the English as being far inferior to French...
Harvard would lose the game seconds later on a miraculous tip-in by a Siena player, but the effects of Russell's effort were evident. The next day the Crimson played inspired basketball to defeat a talented Pepperdine squad...