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...drafted into the Army in January 1957 and served two years as an enlisted man. I gained a new outlook on life through the rigors of basic training. The military can have a more intense influence on soldiers when they are drafted and have no choice. I developed a sense of patriotism through the experience of serving my country. I'm not on a crusade, but I think today's youth could use more of that type of discipline...
During the height of the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic last spring, researchers emphasized that basic infection control and personal responsibility were vital to check the spread of the disease. Maybe they should have taken their own prescription. The latest SARS patient, a medical researcher and lieutenant colonel in Taiwan's army surnamed Chan, apparently contracted the disease in a SARS research lab on Dec. 6. Authorities in Taiwan believe Chan was in a rush to catch a plane to Singapore for a medical conference and hurriedly cleaned up a spill in his lab from a leaky waste...
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...With that approach to the hunt, says Megill, "it was basic investigative work."? During the last week of June and early July, reports Russell, the military became aware of a family of brothers believed to possess information about Saddam's whereabouts and to be helping protect him. They were identified by other Iraqis who were shown pictures - many of them seized in previous raids - of Saddam surrounded by cronies...
...Dowling concludes, “For studying basic developmental processes, the zebrafish is ideal...