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Although there is no direct evidence to support the wear-and-tear theory, it does make a lot of sense. It would explain, for example, why so many people are coming down with postpolio syndrome now. The great postwar epidemic peaked in the U.S. in 1952, when more than 20,000 children were paralyzed by polio, and it tapered off in the early '60s, after the Salk vaccine and then the Sabin oral version were introduced. The first wave of postpolio symptoms appeared in the early 1980s, 30 years after the epidemic's peak, and if researchers are correct...
...four decades after the sharp rise in polio cases, many victims began to have symptoms once again. This wave of "post-polio" may not peak until...
Student concern reached a peak last spring whenthe Minority Students Alliance--a group ofrepresentatives from several student minoritygroups--staged protests at a Junior Parent'sWeekend event...
Voldins mentioned that he is trying to get the team to peak for a dual meet at Brown for the Stein Trophy. Brown took the trophy for the first time in eight seasons last year...
Nantucket, which sits off Cape Cod a few miles beyond Martha's Vineyard (its would-be rival), is a great place for students trips during spring break. Because it's not the island's peak season yet, prices for food and lodging are relatively inexpensive. (They're a ripoff in the summertime...