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...combat bacterial food poisoning, the U.S. Agriculture Department proposes stricter poultry processing. Under new rules, chickens would be inspected more closely for contamination with fecal matter, and bird carcasses would be treated with germ-killing sprays or rinses...
...cover of darkness -- a key ally in the Pentagon's invasion plan -- they would drift apart and stealthily make their way to the country's major airport, on the outskirts of Port-au-Prince. Their mission: to make sure no surprises were in store for the thousands of U.S. combat troops that would follow. "One truck with four flat tires on the runway can cause problems," a military officer says. "So can 2,000 Haitians with loaded rifles...
...long way off [from a cure]," Marasco said. "But the data looks quite good. It could be the beginning of a genetic-based strategy to see if we can combat...
...look at what it's like to be a lesbian these days. While I cannot speak from personal experience about what it is like to be a lesbian in the '90s, the film confronts, draws out and discusses very openly such sterotypes of lesbians as butch or short-haired, combat-boot-wearing nose-ring-touting macho sluts...
When the woman decides she has had enough, she may move out or demand that her partner leave. But "the men sometimes panic about losing ((their women)) and will do anything to prevent it from happening," says Deborah Burk, an Atlanta prosecutor. To combat feelings of helplessness and powerlessness, the man may stalk the woman or harass her by phone...