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...Georges Danton, self-absorbed as usual, pays scant heed to the instrument with which in a matter of weeks he will find more intimate acquaintance. On this same grim morning in the winter of 1793-94, Maximilien Robespierre, whose health (and humanity) has been virtually consumed by the revolutionary fever that has burned within his puritanical soul for a lifetime, reluctantly awakens. He knows that with the return to Paris of Danton, once a colleague in revolution-now his mortal enemy-he must begin his final struggle, not just for power in the new, terror-ridden French Republic...
Development fever spread even to stable, historic Harvard Yard. Sever Hall (7), which was built in 1880, was retooled at the price of $6.3 million. The aging facility, which was criticized for poor acoustics, noisy hunting, and deteriorating furnishings now sports air conditioning, an elevator, access for disabled students complete audio-visual capability and a library for the Extension school...
...nickname for the physical mistreatment of old people, usually the victimizers' parents or grandparents. About 5% of dependent elderly Americans may be abused, according to Murray Straus, a University of New Hampshire sociologist. Is a surge of parent bashing possible? It would not be a real surprise: futuristic cabin fever could break out if, on the verge of the 21 st century, millions of Americans really are working and living in their hermetic "electronic cottages." Last year in state-of-the-art and otherwise pacific Japan, there were 1,099 reported cases of children assaulting their parents...
...killer from the Middle Ages had returned to strike anew. This summer the once dreaded scourge of bubonic plague is on the loose in the Southwest U.S. Since April, hospitals in five states have admitted 35 patients complaining of fever, chills, headache and swellings in the armpits, groin or neck. Six deaths have been reported so far; the most recent was a 13-year-old New Mexico boy who died last week less than twelve hours after the disease was diagnosed...
They run the risk of being sneered at as bubbleheads, but hay fever sufferers can find relief from runny noses, swollen eyes and itchy throats by donning a Martianesque headpiece called the Hincherton Hayfever Helmet. It consists of a clear plastic dome, enclosing the head, into which filtered, pollen-free air is wafted at low pressure. The battery-powered fan, electrostatically charged filter and helmet weigh about 4 Ibs. and are attached to the body by a harness or belt. The inventor, British Architect Richard Hinchliffe, 45, himself a longtime hay fever sufferer, claims that wearing the helmet...