Word: throat
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Betty Polston and her husband Bernie were finishing dinner at their kitchen table one night in 1990 when Bernie announced that after 30 years, he was retiring from his law practice. Betty's reaction was physical: her throat tightened and her stomach churned. "I knew that financially we'd be fine," Betty says. "But that didn't mean I was ready for my husband--Bernie the Attorney--to retire. He didn't have any hobbies. He's very laid back. I had visions of him napping, reading newspapers and lying around the patio for the rest of his life...
...time between a flu infection and symptoms--chills, sore throat and fever...
...those lucky devils who never catch a cold or can easily slough it off? Not me. Two days after my throat starts itching--the classic first sign of an upper-respiratory infection--I'm too congested to think straight. All I want to do for the next five days is sink into a warm bed or drown in a vat of chicken soup. So I was intrigued early last week by reports of a nasal spray, called Zicam, that is supposed to keep a cold from lasting more than a day and a half. Even though the results sounded...
...this point, the only fair thing to say about Zicam is that its benefits are still not proved. Maybe if I'm desperate, I'll try it next time I get a telltale tickle in my throat. In the meantime, I hope to sidestep the problem by following the advice of Dr. Jack Gwaltney of the University of Virginia School of Medicine, a top cold researcher. "Wash your hands a lot with soap and water," he says, because cold viruses like to linger there. Don't put your fingers in your eyes or nose, as they give easy access...
...stammers, in the latticework under his tired, wary eyes. They are all the hints we need to detect a soul swamped in ethical dilemmas. When Crowe gets to command the screen, The Insider comes to roiled life. It's an All the President's Men in which Deep Throat takes center stage, an insider prodded to spill the truth...