Word: essex
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...variant of the "O" type of foot-and-mouth, a highly infectious strain, which could have entered Britain through illegally imported meat. Once the virus got into the pig swill at Burnside, it was too late. A group of pigs from the farm ended up at a slaughterhouse in Essex, where the disease was first spotted on Feb. 20. Meanwhile, sheep and cattle at a farm near Burnside soon became infected from the airborne virus; some of the sheep were then sent to the nearby Hexham Market, where they mixed with other livestock and immediately passed the virus on. "Pigs...
...Since the discovery of the first foot-and-mouth cases at the Essex slaughterhouse, the E.U. banned all imports of British livestock and meat products. But Britain's ban on transporting animals meant there weren't any to export. Indeed, across England, once-bustling market villages turned into ghost towns as commerce slowed, farm families stayed home and people from the cities stopped venturing into the countryside...
Those who are thinking about cloning themselves should heed the pronouncement of frustrated mothers: "May your children be just like you." MICHAEL SULLIVAN Essex Junction...
...HEART OF THE SEA The 1820 sinking of the Nantucket whaler Essex, the event that inspired Moby Dick, is thrillingly retold by Nathaniel Philbrick...
...5.IN THE HEART OF THE SEA: The 1820 sinking of the Nantucket whaler Essex, the event that inspired "Moby-Dick," is thrillingly retold by Nathaniel Philbrick...