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While the appearance of any new infectious disease is cause for concern, there is no need to panic--especially in the U.S. Of the 115 or so Americans suspected of having SARS, all have either recently traveled to Asia or come into direct, face-to-face contact with a SARS patient...
...secrecy of the Chinese government, health officials could have acted a lot earlier. It was back in November that a mysterious respiratory illness began spreading through the southern province of Guangdong. Officials hushed up the outbreak to prevent panic, and by February at least 305 Guangdong residents had developed SARS, according to Chinese officials. More cases are thought to have appeared in Beijing and other cities. By the time China finally turned in a two-page report to WHO a month later, the disease was already on the move...
BORROW THE REST--WISELY. If you're still having trouble affording your favorite college, don't panic. Withdrawing retirement assets can inflate your income and hurt your future aid eligibility. Even working overtime to earn more can hurt you. Borrowing is often smarter, especially today. A PLUS (Parent Loans for Undergraduate Students) loan charges 4.86% interest, and that could fall (even on existing loans) with the annual rate review in July. For more on the loans, see finaid.org...
Proponents claim that legislation under the PATRIOT Act has worked well as a useful tool for effectively eradicating terrorism. Granted, the PATRIOT Act isn’t all bad, but it was written in haste during a period of anti-terrorism hysteria—its provisions responded to the panic of the time by granting the government overly-extensive powers. And many in Congress, uncomfortable with all of its provisions, voted for the act with the reassurance that the sunset clause would eliminate the legislation a few years later...
...affection numbered no more than 200 - nothing compared to the thousands chanting "Saddam is the enemy of Allah!" in Saddam City Wednesday - and included the pot-bellied party hacks and local residents who clearly still feared the consequences of failing to pay tribute to the leader. Even then, the panic in the eyes of Saddam's bodyguards told us that a larger crowd could not have been trusted to refrain from tearing Saddam from limb to limb...