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...What is SARS? According to WHO, SARS is a virus that affects the respiratory tract (lungs), causing a dry cough, shortness of breath, stiffness, fever, loss of appetite and malaise. The symptoms are very similar to those associated with the flu, except that SARS can appear as pneumonia in chest x-rays...
...causes disease when it reaches a place where it doesn’t belong,” he said. “It travels from the upper respiratory tract to other places,” like the lungs, spinal cord, blood...
...fall of 2000 Mitchell received a second revelation, telling him to gather "seven young wives." Mitchell later detailed the vision in a 27-page religious tract, "The Book of Immanuel David Isaiah," in which he extolled the "blessing" of polygamy and called himself a "just and mighty" deity. "Somewhere along the line, he decided he was God," says Pamela Atkinson of the Volunteers of America homeless-outreach program, who counseled Mitchell during this period. "He comes across as gentle in his preaching...
JEDEDIAH PURDY. Purdy, whose anti-irony tract “For Common Things” made a stir a few years ago, is promoting his newest work, “Being America,” a post-Sept. 11 exploration of foreign attitudes towards America. Tuesday, March 4 at 7 p.m. WordsWorth Books, 30 Brattle...
...Indian casinos popped up like new housing developments across Southern California, Martin moved a trailer onto the long-abandoned Augustine reservation in Coachella, a 500-acre desert tract then littered with garbage, discarded household appliances and junk cars, about 25 miles southeast of Palm Springs. There she lived with her three children and African-American husband William Ray Vance. In 1994, membership in the tiny tribe dwindled from three adults to one when Martin's two brothers were killed during separate street shootings in Banning, Calif. Police said both men were involved in drug deals and were members...