Newsweek back issues from December 2004:
Wrestling With Angels; 'Housekeeping' author returns with a keeper.(Gilead by Marilynne Robinson)(Book Review)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Malcolm Jones Preachers get cheated in American fiction. Hawthorne wrote about them, and so did Faulkner, Sinclair Lewis and J. F. Powers. But as anyone who grows up in a clergyman's home can attest, most laymen, writers included, shy away from men and women of the ...
For Armchair Chefs; And for those who actually find time to get into the kitchen, a pick of the year's most enticing cookbooks.(Book Review)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Dorothy Kalins Here's what I wish my life was like: shopping daily; obsessing over ripeness at the greenmarket; hunting down gutsy cheesemakers, fragrant spice shops; becoming a regular with old-fashioned butchers (that only I know about). A pot of rich stock is always ...
A Foodie Unmasks; Restaurant critic Alan Richman breaks Rule One.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Jerry Adler Alan Richman's choice of a career was greatly influenced by his experience serving in Vietnam, where he claims to have been the only soldier who gained weight during his tour of duty. That was because he could eat free of charge. "I am proud," he says, "that ...
Shakespeare 101: A+; Do you really need another brick-thick intro to the Bard? Harvard's Marjorie Garber thinks so--and she's sold us.(Book Review)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: David Gates After Harold Bloom's brilliant and madly readable bestseller "Shakespeare: The Invention of the Human" (1998), which took 700-odd pages to discuss each of the plays, who needs Marjorie Garber's "Shakespeare After All"--which takes 989 pages to do the same ...
Suing the Street; A small law firm has become a powerful foe of Wall Street with its hardball tactics for settling claims of discrimination. Even some clients are complaining.(Leeds, Morelli and Brown)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Charles Gasparino The phone call brought troubling news for top executives at Bear Stearns. A few years ago the law firm of Leeds, Morelli & Brown said approximately 50 minority employees at Bear Stearns were ready to sue, possibly as a class, claiming they'd been passed ...
Conventional Wisdom; Holiday Melee Edition.(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004 ... As Americans line up for Easy-Bake ovens and gorge themselves on NBA melee replays, Iran cooks up nuclear materials. Happy holidays. CW Bush = No Baghdad turkey photo-op this year. Too busy giving thanks to unemployed Ohioans who ...
Mail Call: Yasir Arafat's Long and Complicated Legacy.(Letter to the Editor)
Dec 06, 2004 ... Readers wrote of renewed hope for Mideast peace with the passing of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat, profiled in our Nov. 22 cover story. One lamented his methods. "How could Arafat's policies of teaching hate in schools and preaching a culture of death to the youth possibly establish the ...
Shock and Awe In the Senate; The filibuster protects minority rights, enabling government to measure and respect not merely numbers but intensity in political disputes.(Column)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: George Will Republican senators, justifiably indignant about Democrats' filibustering to block confirmation votes for judicial nominees, are contemplating a parliamentary version of shock and awe. Evincing what historian Richard Hofstadter called "the ruthlessness of the ...
Welcome to the Stem-Cell States; California and others are investing big in the controversial science. How and why.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Claudia Kalb When California voted yes on a $3 billion fund for stem-cell research last month, patient activists across the country rejoiced. E-mails went flying: "They did it! They did it!" And congratulatory calls went out to stem-cell advocates on the West Coast. But ...
View From the Lab: Harnessing Stem Cells; Insights From Harvard Medical School.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D., and George Q. Daley, M.D., PH.D. (Komaroff is editor in chief of Harvard Health Publications; DALEY conducts stem-cell research at Harvard Medical School and the Children's Hospital Medical Center. For more information, go to health.harvard.edu/NEWSWEEK.) ...
Using Genes as Medicine; Progress has been slow, but scientists still dream of treating a wide range of diseases with strands of DNA.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Karen Springen At 18, Ashanthi DeSilva of suburban Cleveland is a living symbol of one of the great intellectual achievements of the 20th century. Born with an extremely rare and usually fatal disorder that left her without a functioning immune system (the "bubble-boy ...
Medicine's Next Level; With new insight into the mechanisms that help keep your brain sharp, neurological researchers move closer to improving your recall with a 'memory pill.'.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Mary Carmichael To say that Aplysia Californicus is one of nature's least glamorous beasts would be too kind. A hermaphroditic marine snail with mottled purple skin, it keeps to itself, responding to disturbances by emitting a murky fluid that stains the water around ...
Risk Factors: In Search of Bone Health.(research links the protein homocysteine to increased risk of osteoporosis)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Celeste Robb-Nicholson, M.D., and Meryl S. Leboff, M.D. (Robb-Nicholson is editor in chief of the Harvard Women's Health Watch newsletter; Leboff is associate professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. For more information go to health.harvard.edu/NEWSWEEK.) Does ...
Bird-Flu Challenge; An avian-flu outbreak could kill millions. Will we have a vaccine in time to stop it?
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Michael Hastings and Fred Guterl (With Sarah Schafer in Beijing, Joe Cochrane in Bangkok and Alexandra A. Seno in Hong Kong) The parade of flushed faces through Dr. Jacqueline Spencer's medical practice in Long Island City, N.Y., usually starts in November, when brisk ...
Trapping the Superbugs; Antibiotics are losing their punch as microbes learn to resist them. Can we stop the new killers?
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Anna Kuchment Nicholas Johnson nearly died from what he thought was a shoulder sprain. Last year the 13-year-old from Stafford, Texas, made an awkward tackle in football practice and a few days later ended up in the emergency room with a fever of 104.6 degrees. Doctors, ...
Tick, Tick, Tick... Medical 'time bombs' often go undetected until it's too late. What you need to know.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Anthony L. Komaroff, M.D., and James S. Winshall, M.D. (Dr. Komaroff is editor in chief of the Harvard Health Letter, and DR. Winshall is a senior editor for Harvard Health Publications. For more information, go to health.harvard.edu/NEWSWEEK.) In July 2004, Bill Clinton ...
Battling the Effects of War; Combat can wound the mind. New science helps vets from Iraq to cope.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Peg Tyre It wasn't the gunshot wound in the arm that bothered Jose Hernandez when he returned home to Cincinnati after serving in Iraq. It was the lock on the front door. He couldn't relax until he secured it twice, three times and sometimes more. Even then he was still ...
To Heal a Shattered Soul; Treatment for PTSD.(Cover Story)
Dec 06, 2004 ... Byline: Arieh Y. Shalev, M.D., and Michael Craig Miller, M.D. (SHALEV is head of psychiatry at Hadassah University Hospital in Jerusalem. MILLER is editor in chief of the Harvard Mental Health Letter (health.harvard.edu/NEWSWEEK).) We can count the dead. We can see physical ...
The New Face of AIDS; Why is HIV preying on minority women, and what can America do about it?
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Geoffrey Cowley and Andrew Murr (With Anne Underwood and Karen Springen) Eleven years ago, Marcya Owens's life seemed blessed. She was in college, studying psychology, running track and working as a volunteer at her Seventh-day Adventist church. Her friends predicted she ...
Opinion: A Prescription for Controlling Drug Costs; Drug spending is rising at more than four times the rate of inflation.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Arnold S. Relman, M.D., and Marcia Angell, M.D. (RELMAN and ANGELL have both served as editor in chief of The New England Journal of Medicine, and both are Harvard Medical School faculty members. Angell is author of "The Truth About the Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What ...
Creating More Paths to Hope.(nonprofit pharmaceutical research organization, Institute for OneWorld Health)(Column)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Victoria Hale (Hale is the founder and chief executive officer of the Institute for OneWorld Health, a nonprofit pharmaceutical company based in San Francisco.) They were good friends of ours, and they were desperate. Their 13-year-old daughter had been diagnosed with a ...
When Less Is More; A cardiologist says exercise and diet--not EKGs and angioplasties--are the way to keep hearts healthy.(Cover Story)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Dr. Thomas H. Lee (LEE IS A PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE AT HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL AND CEO OF PARTNERS COMMUNITY HEALTH CARE. HE IS ALSO THE EDITOR IN CHIEF OF THE HARVARD HEART LETTER. HE CAUTIONS THAT READERS SHOULD CONSULT A MEDICAL PROFESSIONAL FOR ACCURATE DIAGNOSES.) ...
Drug Wars Ahead; From Medicare to Canadian imports, a guide to the coming policy battles.(Cover Story)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Debra Rosenberg The political campaign may be over, but the battles over prescription drugs are heating up. Last month the Food and Drug Administration drew new scrutiny after an FDA regulator told Congress that the agency was "virtually incapable of protecting America" ...
Flowers for Freedom; Protesters in Ukraine sang a new anthem: 'Vstavay! Rise up!' But Moscow didn't like it, and some warned of a new cold war.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Michael Meyer (With Frank Brown in Kiev, Stryker Mcguire in London and Eve Conant in Washington) The verdict on Ukraine's presidential election was nearly unanimous. "Fraud" was the word most often used. "We cannot accept this result," said Secretary of State Colin ...
Enter 'Le Terminator'; Time to dump freedom fries and swill Dom Perignon?(Nicolas Sarkozy)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Christopher Dickey (With Eric Pape and Tracy McNicoll in Paris) Arnold Schwarzenegger and Nicolas Sarkozy, a slightly built pretender to the French presidency, would not seem to have a whole lot in common. But Sarkozy loves to compare himself with California's ...
No Guts, No Glory, No Peace; In exclusive interviews, Ariel Sharon and Mahmoud Abbas survey the future.(Interview)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Lally Weymouth Yasir Arafat's death has opened an unexplored landscape of hopes and hazards for Israeli and Palestinian leaders. Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, having just quelled a revolt within his own Likud Party over plans for a unilateral withdrawal from Gaza, is ...
Tag-Teaming The Mullahs; Military strikes would do limited damage to Iran's nuclear facilities, rally the country round the regime and isolate Washington.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Fareed Zakaria (Write the author at comments@fareedzakaria.com.) Anyone who tells you that he has a clear solution to the problem posed by Iran's nuclear ambitions is not being honest. It's about as tough as foreign-policy problems get. There are two basic approaches to ...
The Editor's Desk.
Dec 06, 2004 ... Byline: Mark Whitaker The holiday season is a time to gather together with family and friends and share old memories. But it's also a time when we can become all too aware that our recall isn't as sharp as it once was. In our last Health for Life package of 2004, devoted to a ...
Totally Ludacris; The rapper tries breaking new ground--and asks NEWSWEEK's Lorraine Ali if he's hit paydirt.(Interview)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Lorraine Ali On Ludacris's fourth CD, "Red Light District," the Atlanta rapper leaves the 24/7 party behind for more experimental, emotional terrain. He still tangles with "manicured and pedicured" ladies, and takes a jab at Bill O'Reilly (the Fox host's tirades once ...
Kingdom Kong; Peter Jackson's 'Lord of the Rings' was one for the ages. Now he's remaking 'King Kong,' the movie that changed his young life. An exclusive visit to the set.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Jeff Giles Peter Jackson, Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens are indisputably different people, but it is tempting sometimes to think of them as three voices in one person's head. One voice is exuberant (Boyens), one hilariously bleak (Walsh) and one eternally steady and ...
Leapin' Wizards! The supersize 'Rings' finale arrives on DVD.(The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King)(Video Recording Review)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Devin Gordon Is there anyone in the world more psyched about "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King" extended edition than Christopher Lee? The only sour moment in the trilogy's public run came when Lee, who plays the turncoat wizard Saruman, blasted director ...
I Can Do Anything, So How Do I Choose? With countless options and all the freedom I'll ever need, comes the pressure to find the perfect life.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Jenny Norenberg (Norenberg lives in Chicago.) For the most part, my women friends and I were kids of upper-middle-class privilege, raised to believe that, with hard work and a little courage, the world was ours. We climbed mountains at summer camp, went to Europe on ...
Rove Unleashed; For the past 30 years he's focused like a laser on George W. Bush. What does Karl Rove do for an encore? The plans for a permanent GOP majority.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Howard Fineman It was the day before Thanksgiving, November 1973. Things were quiet enough at the Republican National Committee for the chairman to spend a few minutes on parental logistics. His eldest son was taking the train down from Harvard Business School and would ...
Slaughter in the Woods; A hunting trip turns deadly, and a community recoils.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Dirk Johnson (With Matthew Gruchow in Wisconsin) It was a crisp Sunday afternoon in the Northwoods of Wisconsin, soaring trees naked in a fading autumn, the fields cleared by harvest and white-tail deer in abundance. For sportsmen, it's a slice of heaven. But on Nov. 21, ...
A Civil-Rights Engine Implodes; In the past, 'the SCLC was threatened from the outside, which we overcame,' says Shuttlesworth. 'Now it's people on the inside.'.(Southern Christian Leadership Conference)
Dec 06, 2004 ... Byline: Ellis Cose (With Vern E. Smith in Atlanta) Death is an inevitable part of life, but to watch one of America's most hallowed civil-rights organizations slowly fall apart is to feel shock and deep sadness--not simply at the passing of a once great institution, but at the ...
Wishing on a Star; CBS executives would love a big-name anchor to fill Dan Rather's chair next March. A NEWSWEEK exclusive.
Dec 06, 2004; ... ***** CORRECTION: Clarification: In "Wishing On A Star" (Dec. 6), we reported that Dan Rather acknowledged that a "60 Minutes II" report about President Bush was based on "forged" documents. That characterization doesn't accurately reflect what Rather said about the issue. In a ...
Newsmakers.(Robert Downey, Jr.)(Interview)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Nicki Gostin, Jac Chebatoris Q&A: Robert Downey Jr. For years, Robert Downey Jr. was in the news for his problems with drugs and his stays in jail. Now he's healthy and happy, and has a new CD out called "The Futurist." He talked with NEWSWEEK's Nicki Gostin. ...
Perspectives.
Dec 06, 2004 ... Byline: Quotation sources from top to bottom, left to right: CBS, Associated Press (2), New York Daily News, MSNBC, Billboard Magazine, Associated Press, New York Times (2), New York Daily News, Reuters "I've decided that it's time to move on." Longtime CBS News ...
Intel Reform: Did Bush Push Hard?(intelligence)(George W. Bush)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Michael Isikoff and Eleanor Clift The White House publicly bemoaned Congress's failure to pass a sweeping measure to overhaul the U.S. intelligence community--a top 9/11 Commission recommendation--and said it would press to revive the bill soon. But behind the scenes, ...
Yusuf Islam: Once a Cat, Never a Ringo.(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Mark Hosenball One fan British singer Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) may wish he never had is Omar Abdel-Rahman, the blind Egyptian preacher serving life in U.S. prison for plotting to bomb New York City landmarks. The blind sheik's admiration for the pop star was documented ...
Condi: Who Will Be Her No. 2?(Condeleezza Rice)(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004 ... Byline: Mark Hosenball A popular parlor game in Washington is figuring out who Secretary of State-designate Condoleezza Rice's top deputies will be. The diplomatic community is speculating that Rice and her transition team, composed of three White House aides--national-security ...
The Inaugural: Financing The Fete.(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004 ... Byline: Holly Bailey More than a dozen of President Bush's top fund-raisers have been tapped to collect millions to pay for festivities tied to his second Inauguration next month. Among those heading up the fund-raising effort is Mercer Reynolds, an Ohio businessman and longtime ...
Troops: The Pen-Pal Platoon.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Lisa Helem Army Sgt. Juan Salas, 23, recalls what he missed most while serving in Iraq: hot showers, clean socks, his mom's Venezuelan corncake dish (arepas) and his family. That's why it meant so much to get notes from home letting him know he was missed, too. In the ...
Zoos: High-Sky Bird's Eye.(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Karen Springen Scientists with the Wildlife Conservation Society took counting sheep high tech earlier this month when they started tallying animals at New York City's Bronx Zoo--from space. Researchers used high-resolution digital cameras on a satellite orbiting Earth ...
COLLEGE Major: Workout.(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: KAREN SPRINGEN Talk about sweating your courseload: Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Ind., will become the first college nationwide to offer a four-year degree with a concentration in personal-fitness training. Next fall undergrads will start the program, which will ...
Books: Pop Goes The Poster.(The Art of Modern Rock)(Book Review)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Devin Gordon Concert posters, as any rockologist will tell you, are the Van Goghs and Matisses of the music scene. And in 1987, author Paul Grushkin cobbled together an encyclopedia of the genre's best in an eight-pound hernia of a book called "The Art of Rock." In the ...
Britain: Can't Buy Me Lard.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Ginanne Brownell Christmas may not be a very merry holiday in Britain thanks to an impending lard crisis. (Yes, lard crisis. ) The Morrisons grocery chain has warned shoppers, who use the pork fat to bake flaky pie crusts, that it could run out of its stock in coming ...
Art: Is It Authentic? Follow the Algorithm.(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Lisa Helem Dartmouth College computer scientists have formulated a technique that could help authenticate art--with math. Dan Rockmore, Hany Farid and Siwei Lyu examined "Madonna and Child" (left). Though it's credited to the Renaissance painter Perugino, some art ...
Snap Judgement: Books.(Brief Article)(Bibliography)
Dec 06, 2004 ... Baking Illustrated Better cooking through chemistry. Let those food scientists in Boston make the mistakes for you. Cook's Illustrated; $35. On Food and Cooking Buy this for your library. Harold McGee is every food expert's secret source; his first ...
Happy Divorce; Are the days of the nasty split over? For the sake of the kids, some exes spend holidays together and bring along their new partners. Pass the tolerance, please.
Dec 06, 2004 ... ***** CORRECTION: Clarification: In "Happy Divorce" (Dec. 6) the full title of the book by Jann Blackstone-Ford and Sharyl Jupe should be "Ex-Etiquette for Parents: Good Behavior After a Divorce or Separation." ***** Byline: Julie Scelfo When ...
Four More Years to Finally Get It Right; In the new devices, a voter has no way of proving that his or her choice is reported in the final tally.
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Steven Levy Almost a month after the presidential election, I'm still getting missives from people who insist that things don't smell right. They draw on a litany of irregularities that are well-circulated in the blogosphere, the Blue States and maybe even subterranean ...
Holograms: Phone Calls in 3-D.(See-Linder)(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: N'GAI CROAL The S.O.S. from Princess Leia in the original "Star Wars" and the holodeck in "Star Trek: The Next Generation" did a lot to popularize the idea of holography. Now researchers at Tokyo University hope to take holograms from Hollywood to the masses. Their ...
Technology: Beyond The Video Store.
Dec 06, 2004 ... Byline: Ramin Setoodeh If you stumbled into a video store over Thanksgiving weekend, you probably witnessed the same frenzy we did. The new-release shelves looked like a scene from "Twister." You couldn't even find "Nemo." And the checkout line felt longer than "The Passion of ...
Theater / Hot Seats.(Brief Article)(Directory)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Raina Kelley Off-Broadway is the traditional home of New York's more experimental theater. A winter preview. The Baltimore Waltz:A gorgeous revival about a dying woman who finds the meaning of life. Until Jan. 9; www.signaturetheater.org ...
Uncorked / California Cabernet.(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004 ... No collection of California wines is complete without one of the state's superstars: Cabernet Sauvignon. Wine Spectator reviewed almost 500 wines from the outstanding 2001 vintage, with these five among the standouts. They may be tough to track down, but they're well worth the search. ...
Road Test/ Lotus Elise; Go, Speed Racer, Go.(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Tara Weingarten Though I've never driven a go-cart through city streets, I now feel as if I'm an expert at it. With my tush just inches from the pavement, I darted around Los Angeles in the Lotus Elise. Lotus's racing heritage is apparent in its Formula- like appearance, ...
Money: Just Rewards.(asking for a raise)(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Anna Kuchment Santa's not the only one with a naughty-and-nice list. Your boss, too, decides who gets a gift (a raise or promotion) and who gets a lump of coal (nada). Assuming you've worked hard all year, how else can you boost your chances of getting more than just a ...
Travel: Vacation Down Under.(Sydney, Australia)(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Michelle Jana Chan If you're dying for a chance to explore the Outback, postpone winter and schedule a trip to Sydney, where it's summer in December. Eat fresh lobster, chilled crab and Western Australian marrons at Wildfire's Sea Bar, which has them flown in from ...
Home: New Flame In Town.(artificial logs )(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Anne Taulane Firelogs just got eco-friendlier. Clean-air groups have been praising man-made logs for having lower fireplace emissions than cordwood, and now manufacturers are offering ones with more natural ingredients. Duraflame recently introduced the All Natural ...
Gadgets: The Ringback Rag.(wireless service providers offer programmed songs instead of ringing)(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Peter Suciu The next time friends call you, they might get Lil' Kim on the line. Wireless service providers will soon begin offering "ringbacks"--programmed songs that dialers hear instead of the standard ring when they call you. Verizon Wireless launched the service in ...
Pets: Dog Days Of Winter.(buying a puppy)(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Anne Taulane Puppies rank up there with baby brothers and world peace as popular yet hard-to-deliver gifts on kids' Christmas lists. But if you're buying one, here are tips from Petsmart vet Robyn Jaynes. Study up. Learn about different breeds from the ...
Books: Getting Religion.(Bibliography)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Karen Springen The holidays can prompt kids to ask complex questions about religion. To help answer them, parents can turn to these new, thought-provoking books: Kaddish for Grandpa in Jesus' Name, Amen by James Howe ($16.95; ages 4 to 8). A ...
Ask Tip Sheet.(John Doe)(Brief Article)
Dec 06, 2004; ... Byline: Anne Taulane What is the origin of the term "John Doe"? --Jacquelyn Gaddess, Franklyn, Pa. While a frequent character on today's TV crime dramas, John Doe actually got his start in the English court system. Prior to 1852, this fake name was given to the ...
I'll Never Stop Saying Maria; Swimming underwater at 2, jumping off the diving board at 3, barreling off a cliff into the Caribbean at 5--that's my wild, brave girl.
Dec 13, 2004; ... Byline: Anna Quindlen Sixteen years ago something unexpected happened: I became the mother of a daughter. Our assumptions about the unlikelihood of this had a weird logic, my husband the eldest in a family of six boys, our first two children sons. Third time around I looked ...
Woman of Mystery; Were Raphael and 'La Fornarina' a Renaissance item? She's not talking.
Dec 13, 2004; ... Byline: Peter Plagens His bio reads like a rock star's. A precocious talent, he never married because, he said, it would have hurt his career. But he moved his girlfriend in with him while he worked his last gig--then died at the age of 37 from a fever brought on, some said, by ...