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...What caused this outbreak? One theory is that wild waterfowl (the natural hosts of avian-flu viruses) have spread the virus while migrating across Asia. Live-bird markets may also have played a key role in spreading avian flu, with domesticated poultry excreting the virus, for at least 10 days, in their mucus and feces...
...should have taught the Chinese to modify their eating habits. Severe penalties should be imposed on restaurants still serving civet. The thought of thousands of these pretty creatures being slaughtered is extremely distressing. Can't we call upon organizations concerned with animal welfare to request a release into the wild of civets and the complete ban on their capture and use as food? The survival of mankind depends on the intelligent modification of human behavior, which is the only solution to reducing aids and SARS. Elizabeth Davies Manila...
...Gandalf type, Belichick has a wild side, sort of: he's a fan of the band Bon Jovi. At a concert, the coach will stand for hours in driving rain, hands clapping, feet tapping. Says Jon Bon Jovi: "The guy has as much fun as he can without falling down. He's so self-deprecating. I'll congratulate him on a good job, and he'll say, 'Yeah, right, it's no big deal,' and I'm like, 'Christ, Bill, take a bow once in a while...
...perhaps-fatal mistake was not to behave badly in Iowa, but to do it in a way that plays into the type that the media had already chosen for him: the angry Dem. Strictly speaking, his speech was enthusiastic, not angry. But like a passage from scripture, that wild glint in his eye could be made to support any number of claims—and the media’s interpretation was ready and waiting before he even took the stage...
...fresh talk about a manned mission to Mars comes during what has been a heady few weeks for the long-struggling NASA. Earlier in the month, the Stardust spacecraft, launched in 1999, made an improbable flyby of Comet Wild-2, drawing in a breath of primordial dust to bring back to Earth for study. In the middle of last week, the Spirit rover--which bounced down on Mars at the beginning of the month--at last rolled off its landing ramp and onto the dry flats of Gusev Crater. As J.P.L. engineers radioed up instructions, the rover prepared to stick...