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...presidential candidate's blood contained such high levels of dioxin--a toxic by-product of the manufacture of certain disinfectants and herbicides, and an ingredient in Agent Orange--that it was difficult to get an accurate measurement. "The needle was literally off the charts," Rudolfinerhaus director Dr. Michael Zimpfer told TIME, though doctors say his bodily functions are returning to normal...
When the stricken candidate first checked into the élite Vienna hospital in early September, doctors were stumped by his symptoms, which included acute back pain, swollen organs and numerous ulcers lining his digestive tract. But it was his worsening skin disorder, called chloracne, that pointed toward dioxin. Zimpfer noted that the fat-soluble substance would have been easy to administer in a cream-based soup. So who did the poisoning? "Of course, it was done by the authorities," Yushchenko told TIME last week, calling it "an act of political reprisal" by the government of departing President Leonid Kuchma, which...
...pitted, suppurating mask - a road map to his anguished and divided country. Now doctors have confirmed the cause of that sudden transformation. "There is no doubt about the fact that Mr. Yushchenko's disease is caused by poisoning and that dioxin is one of the agents," said Dr. Michael Zimpfer, director of Vienna's Rudolfinerhaus clinic, where Yushchenko has been treated off and on since he fell grievously ill Sept. 5. "We have identified the cause. We suspect involvement of a third party." Yushchenko has no doubt about who that party is. He blames unnamed agents of the Ukrainian government...
...Crimson's first singles player last year, junior Gina Majmudar, advanced to yesterday's first-flight singles final. There, however, Wisconsin's Melissa Zimpfer overpowered Majmudar for the 6-0, 6-2 victory and single's crown...
Harvard sophomore Mylin Torres was also impressive in first-flight singles action, advancing to the semifinals against Zimpfer. Torres battled Zimpfer for three close sets--6-7 (7-3), 6-1, 7-6 (7-2)--but an ankle injury hampered her performance and left her a few points shy of the victory. The injury was so severe that she was forced to default her match for third place yesterday...