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...experiment's opponents fear that if the treated toxin were accidentally released into the atmosphere, it could trigger a diphtheria epidemic. Diphtheria is an often-fatal disease whose spread was effectively wiped out by a vaccine...
...like the tax bill to convince people that we're serious about fiscal responsibility." Many Wall Street analysts supported that view. Said Robert Stovall, a senior vice president with the Dean Witter Reynolds brokerage house: "The market was a loaded gun just waiting for someone to touch the trigger. President Reagan and the passage of the tax bill played an important role." Some moneymen cited Reagan's apparent move away from the influence of supply-side economists, who favor tax cuts and play down the impact of budget deficits. Said Donald Trott, a market strategist...
...several other cities, I saw enough to conclude that the Khomeini regime is under siege. Anyone anywhere in Tehran is liable to a body search. The most terrifying aspect of the checks is the jittery, trigger-happy condition of the militiamen. They know there is a good chance they will die if they stop an urban guerrilla. When I was stopped one day, I deliberately feigned shock and fear, sitting down and asking for a glass of water. At the first sign of my weakness, their faces lighted up. The leader of the search party told me: "You must understand...
Kahn gave the public one of its first looks at the world of war games and doomsday scenarios, linkages of events that could trigger a nuclear catastrophe. It all read like a strange new genre: a nonfiction science fiction for an age of "value-neutral" technocrats. Predictably, traditional humanists who felt their influence slipping considered Kahn's intellectual game playing to be an amoral acceptance of mass annihilation. Kahn is, in fact, a conservative moralist. He is also a systems evangelist who puts his faith in the power of reason and works hard to appear more holistic than thou...
...those who have herpes can do little but try to control the negative emotions and stress that often trigger attacks. Many herpes patients use yoga, Transcendental Meditation, biofeedback, hypnosis, talk therapy or simply "imaging," an attempt to conjure up happy images and serene thoughts. One Boston woman reports success by envisioning a golden globe sending off rays that heal herpes. Another woman says that smiling constantly when she felt a cold sore coming on kept the blisters from appearing. Says Dr. Hamilton: "The placebo effect is so strong that 60% of patients treated with any technique are going...