Word: fevered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...does gambling fever run so high among teens? Researchers point to the legitimization of gambling in America, noting that it is possible to place a legal bet in every state except Utah and Hawaii. Moreover, ticket vendors rarely ask to see proof of age, despite lottery laws in 33 states and the District of Columbia requiring that customers be at least 18 years old. "You have state governments promoting lotteries," says Valerie Lorenz, director of the National Center for Pathological Gambling, based in Baltimore. "The message they're conveying is that gambling is not a vice but a normal form...
Similar secessionist fever in Croatia, meanwhile, nearly erupted in war when Belgrade accused Croatian defense minister Martin Spegelj of fomenting an armed insurrection. Federal troops were called in, and a tense standoff was resolved only when Croatia agreed to demobilize -- but not disarm -- its police reservists. Unrepentant, Slaven Letica, an aide to Croatian president Franjo Tudjman, declared, "If it comes to civil war, Croatia is willing to fight and confident that it will prevail...
...nothing indicates that public support for the war is a whim. Having been chastised in the past for the restlessness and impatience with which | their nation conducts its affairs, the majority of Americans seem to regard the battle as a duty that must be borne. There is little war fever that could turn into panic in the face of a temporary setback. If the public changes its mind, it would be only after the war bogged down in an inconclusive quagmire...
Remaining losses went to Mary Greenhill, Brooke Bailey, Heather Sullivan and Polly Butler. The three Crimson victories went to Co-Captain Daphne Onderdonk, junior Carrie Cunningham and sophomore Vanya Desai. Despite a bout with nausea, a flu-fever and memories of a three-game loss to Tiger Jen Roos last week, Desai rallied to a beautiful three-game victory this time around...
Pandole has fully recovered from a serious illness which put him in University Health Services with a high fever for three weeks earlier this season. He is now back to being a strong fourth-seed player for the Crimson...