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A Boeing spokeswoman said it was "way too early" to look for a causal link between the two tragedies.
Kolata, a science writer for the New York Times , has produced "an extraordinary account of one of the most significant public health tragedies of this century" (Elizabeth Whelan, the Washington Times ). Even more fascinating than her account of the original pandemic, Kolata tails the various groups of scientists and the divergent paths they traveled as they unraveled the virus' secrets.
Rebuilt by the Romans to hold 15,000 spectators (one of the largest of the ancient world), the Greek Theater dates back to the fifth century b.c. when Aeschylus himself arrived from his home at Gela to supervise productions of his tragedies.
"If we bomb, it won't be to impose a solution, as we don't have one, but because of a need for Clinton to show signs of international political life after his many setbacks, because of the CNN effect that renders intolerable humanitarian tragedies shown on television at the expense of all other ones, and in order to save what little credibility remains to NATO in the Balkans."
The world press ran out of new things to say about Kennedy tragedies many years ago, and all the old clichés were revived Monday in the massive coverage of the tragic loss of John F. Kennedy Jr. in a plane crash Friday--the "curse" on the family, its love of adventure, the "end of a dynasty," etc.