Ten diseases on the way out: some of the worst illnesses on any continent may be on their way to extinction within the next few years
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A list of ten virulent diseases is provided, devastating both to developed countries and the third-world, which doctors have reasonable hope of controlling or eradicating in the first years of the 21st century. Included are polio, measles, river blindness, leprosy, and hepatitis b.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2001
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Pitched battles
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Abdul Thompson Conteh, a soccer player for the San Jose Earthquakes, still feels that he is a Sierra Leonian. Conteh tries to help his family and others still living in the war-torn Sierra Leone without becoming involved in the political situation.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
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The deer hunter: deep in the woods, with friends and quarry
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Deer hunter Craig DeBaun's month-long annual hunt at his family's 600-acre preserve in the Catskill Mountains is depicted.
Publication Name: The New York Times Magazine
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0028-7822
Year: 2000
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