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...Their fear is that of all the diseases in the world today?from SARS to AIDS, anthrax to Ebola?the single microbe with the greatest potential to become, as epidemiologists say, a "slate wiper," is influenza. Previous pandemics, such as the global outbreak of 1918 that killed an estimated 60 million people, have precipitated some of the greatest die-offs in history. We've all had the flu, of course, but those few days off from work with the sniffles are a completely different illness from that caused by a novel influenza against which we have no immunity. Without antiviral...
...Japanese space agency isas will use to explore an asteroid in 2003. "Clearing dust may not seem like a big deal," says Yoseph Bar-Cohen, a physicist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, who created the muscles. But using old-fashioned gears and motors, he says, would make the wiper mechanism "bigger and heavier than the whole rover...
TRICO The manufacturer moved its windshield-wiper operation from Buffalo, N.Y., where it laid off more than 1,000 workers, to Matamoros. In a 1994 deposition, the plant manager said the hazardous waste was shipped back to the U.S., but the plaintiffs' investigators found one Matamoros dump littered with charred windshield wipers, evidence that discarded products were burned, potentially releasing hazardous chemicals into...
...strength of a game winning basket and a career high 26 points from Rankin. The junior forward, the Crimson's leading scorer last year at 12.3 points per game and its second leading rebounder at 5.4 boards per game, is the Crimson's leading glass wiper this year at 7.2 per game and second leading scorer at 12.8 per game...
...Auto Critic and have it dispatch a mobile inspection unit to check out the used car, van or truck in question. For $54 to $69, a certified mechanic will spend about 45 min. running the vehicle through a 92-item checklist, which includes the obvious, like turn signals and wiper blades, and the not-so-obvious, like axle seals and cover gaskets. The mechanic will even take the car on a test drive. Armed with the results, the would-be buyer can renegotiate or reconsider. Says Patrick Ludwick, founder and president of the Dallas-based company: "Normally the engine...