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...Every hundred years there have been three or four pandemics and there's no reason to believe we will be spared." DR. KLAUS STOHR, head of the World Health Organization's Global Influenza Programme, on the possibility that the avian-flu virus, which has killed 32 people in Thailand and Vietnam so far this year, could lead to a worldwide outbreak...
...agree less. "I think that it's a movie about aggression," he says. "And about assessing where you stand in some kind of comparison. One of the great dangers of living in Hollywood, and the reason it's really unwise, is that it's very hard to fight the virus: 'How am I perceived?' And once you preoccupy yourself with that question you're pretty much lost. It's all over Hollywood: you can see whether your stock has gone up or down in the eyes of the parking attendant." Gee: If a top director can feel threatened...
Along with larger epidemics such as the West Nile virus and malaria, Pollack has compiled droves of research inspired by public concern about lice. He focuses on lice that feed on human blood, particularly the familiar childhood nuisance of head lice...
...website has a variety of “free” offers you can choose from—some from recognizable companies like Blockbuster, others for virus protection software and botox. While many feature free trial periods, you must cancel before automatically being charged...
...that the '80s and '90s were some kind of Renaissance--we have not forgotten Models Inc. But these shows believed that drama was first about character--fleshing out a set of people, week after week--and that human behavior was ultimately a more engaging mystery than any murder or virus (even if the shows were about murders or viruses...