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...fair, the public-health authorities had begun works to improve the city's infrastructure. But their refusal to retreat from the miasma theory, and the extra piles of atmospheric data they commissioned to prop it up, cost thousands more lives. Snow's victory over the miasmatists wasn't conceded until years after his death in 1858. Some never relented, such as London's otherwise enlightened Health Board chief, Edwin Chadwick, who went to his grave still propounding that belief in 1890 - seven years after the German scientist Robert Koch definitively identified Vibrio cholerae...
While not all these routes may prove profitable, any little bit of extra income would help the beleaguered industry. The major carriers have lost about $35 billion since 9/11, and the high price of jet fuel has left only a few airlines forecasting profits for this year. Security scares (or worse) still loom large; just last August an airline bomb plot was foiled in London--a reminder of how fragile confidence in air travel remains...
...court, you learn—he’s talking constantly,” Tay said. “That’s what [Harvard head coach Kathy Delaney-Smith} wants from us, and we can take a lot from him.”And this vocalism is an extra asset to post players, who can learn directly from Puchtel’s experience on the block.“It’s awesome; we’re so lucky he is working with us. He commands control on the court, and he helps us out every scrimmage...
...pregame skate today. “We want to make the best decision for the long run,” Chu said, “Not just for the game tomorrow.” But the stakes may go beyond the rankings in this contest. For the Wildcats, the extra boost might come in the form of the 600th win in school history, leaving them just three victories away from being the winningest program in women’s college hockey. And for Harvard, last season’s 0-3 record against UNH could provide an extra incentive...
...suppliers until the source of contamination is found. That's what he did while overseeing 2003 E. coli outbreak at Pat & Oscar's, a restaurant chain based in southern California. "Taco Bell needs to send a clear message to the customers that they are going the extra mile to protect them - that has not come across in anything I have seen yet," says Fink...