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...elephant, which her husband, writer-painter Jean de Brunhoff, and later her son Laurent, turned into the famous, internationally beloved series of illustrated children's books, which now number close to 50; in Paris. To calm her sons Laurent and Mathieu one night in 1930 when the latter was ill, she told the story of an orphaned elephant who flees the jungle and winds up in a big city much like Paris...
...finally be ready to address SARS as a dire health threat that cannot be contained by a policy of secrecy and prevarication. But fears remain that this move has come far too late?and that the virus is already spreading to China's vast interior, where hospitals are ill-prepared to deal with such a costly and complicated epidemic. "I'm most concerned about the provinces," says the WHO's Bekedam. "[They have] neither the financial resources nor the human resources to deal with SARS...
...Despite health authorities who appear committed to openly reporting SARS cases, the region remains susceptible to an outbreak of this treacherously elusive disease. Only 50% of Inner Mongolian residents use the local hospital system, according to the regional health department. Instead, medicine is dispensed by tiny, ill-equipped clinics or a ragged team of barefoot doctors, who often have little more than an elementary-school education. Wei Guo, a second-generation barefoot doctor in the village of Shuiqu, says he knows what to do if he encounters any SARS cases. He will prescribe a popular traditional remedy called banlangen...
...civil liberties is not a new phenomenon. The Alien and Sedition Acts introduced by John Adams in 1798 almost entirely undermined the First Amendment’s guarantees of freedom of speech and of the press. “Unpatriotic activities”—broadly construed and ill-defined—were outlawed during the Civil War and World War I. Even World War II saw the internment of over 100,000 Japanese Americans. But all of those pieces of legislation died with the end of the conflict in question, and none lasted for longer than five years...
...exclusive interview with TIME's San Diego reporter, Jill Underwood, Scott Peterson's mother Jackie and father Lee defended their son against allegations that he murdered his pregnant wife, Laci. Jackie Peterson, who is ill and requires oxygen, was clearly angry through her tears. Excepts from their conversation...