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...Medical historians and epidemiologists say there are many differences between the relatively benign 1976 outbreak and the current strain of swine flu that is spreading across the globe. But they also say the decisions made in the wake of the '76 outbreak - and the public's response to them - provide a cautionary tale for public health officials, who may soon have to consider whether to institute draconian measures to combat the disease. (See pictures of the swine flu outbreak in Mexico...
...wake-up call about mortality, obviously. I think that's a good thing for us to get out of the way--the earliest you can responsibly deal with the fact that this isn't a dress rehearsal. It's like a 75-, 80-year ride if we're lucky, so let's make the most...
Nearly two years ago, writing scholar and long-time Director of Harvard’s expository writing program Nancy Sommers departed suddenly, leaving a program wrought with office politics and concerns about preceptor salaries and job security. In the wake of Sommers’ departure, long-time Writing Program employee Thomas R. Jehn was named interim director of the Harvard College Writing Program—which includes the Expos program, the Harvard Writing Project, and the Writing Center—in August 2007 in anticipation of what the administration said would be a nationwide search to find a new program...
Every day. I might take one small whiff and I'm done for two hours. In the middle of the night, I can wake up and be locked in a cramp that will take five to ten minutes to release. I was sleeping for less than two and a half hours straight before I started medicating. Now I get four to six hours. (Read about California's battle over medical marijuana...
...question for the GOP is whether in this and other matters it will risk a Faustian bargain with Beck, whose apocalyptic take on U.S. politics generates instant support from an angry, vocal minority but is unsettling to the mainstream. Embracing the populist wing of the party worked in the wake of 9/11, but contributed to the electoral disasters of 2006 and 2008. It may take more time for centrist Americans to sour on big government and higher spending than the GOP's activist right wing would like, but true conservatives are patient...