Word: countering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bottle of Kwell, a hot dryer and a good cleaning did the job. But today's louse, a.k.a. Pediculus humanus capitis, which nests in 12 million new heads annually, is a hardier bug, having grown resistant to the prescription drugs lindane and Elimite and the over-the-counter permethrin drug Nix, which remain imperfect mainstays in the treatment of lice. "The pyrethrins [RID, Pronto and A-200 Pyrinate] aren't working as well as they used to either," says University of Miami lice expert Terri Meinking. Such insecticide products all have side effects. And none are 100% ovicidal, which doesn...
...sickest of the sick, there is the 85-bed long-term-care unit, staffed by 48 nurses around the clock. In a dayroom, half a dozen elderly men gaze at an ancient TV, mesmerized by Judge Judy. Amputees pushing manually operated wheelchairs queue up at the medication counter, where a cheery nurse dispenses pills for diabetes, heart disease and stroke. Nearby, a delusional man rants that State Road 31 is a barrier protecting him from the Martians. The demand for beds is so great that the prison plans a $23 million expansion that will triple capacity...
Daniel R. Morgan '99, one of the primary organizers of today's counter-Commencement rally, met with University Police Chief Frances D. "Bud" Riley yesterday. At the meeting, Riley said he had "complete faith" that the protest would be respectful, but cautioned demonstrators to be wary of U.S. Secret Service agents...
Organizers said they will stage a "highly visible but non- disruptive" protest during the morning graduation exercises. They plan to walk out on Ferderal Reserve Chair Alan Greenspan's afternoon speech and hold a "counter-Commencement" at Holyoke Center, sponsored by the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM) and the Coalition Against Sexual Violence...
Cahaly has called Cambridge a second home hisentire life. He grew up at the counter of hisfather's grocery store, at the current site ofChristy's, helping his relatives run the storealong-side his many cousins...