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...time when the U.S. population was 100 million. Fifty million to 100 million people perished worldwide in the 1918 pandemic, according to Nobel laureate F. Macfarlane Burnet. The flu killed more people in 24 weeks than AIDS has killed in 24 years. The difference in the death toll between 1918 and 1968 had little to do with such medical advances as antibiotics for secondary bacterial infections. The 1968 virus was simply much less virulent. But it wasn't just the virus. As with Hurricane Katrina, some of the deaths in 1918 were the government's responsibility. Surgeon General Rupert Blue...
Breaux, a freshman wide receiver for the Harvard football team, was last on the depth chart heading into training camp. But weeks later, after an impressive performance against Lehigh and after a spate of injuries took its toll on the Crimson’s receiver corps, Breaux now finds his name at the top of the same chart...
...TIME's special report on the plight of the victims of Hurricane Katrina was soul-stirring. Judging by the many natural disasters the world has recently witnessed, one can only conclude that global warming is taking a heavy toll on the earth. For those of us who live in developing nations like India?where people have to contend with ill-equipped civil authorities during natural disasters?it was a stupefying revelation that the U.S. has the same problems in coping with nature's fury. Perhaps the world's richest nation should channel its plentiful resources into serving its people rather...
Injuries took a heavy toll on the home team, leaving it without the consistent skill in the line of Brian Lapham or a secondary capable of shutting down the short pass. When big plays were needed for a big rally, Harvard was without a big play threat like Corey Mazza downfield...
...full extent of the law. Arline McFarlane West Vancouver, Canada Time's special report on the plight of the victims of Hurricane Katrina was soul stirring. Judging by the many natural disasters the world has recently witnessed, one can only conclude that global warming is taking a heavy toll on the earth. For those of us who live in developing nations like India - where people have to contend with ill-equipped civil authorities during natural disasters - it was a stupefying revelation that the U.S. has the same problems in coping with nature's fury. Perhaps the world's richest nation...