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# Dentist's New Tie Line Is Infectious. LOS ANGELES (Reuters) Nice tie, man.
Is that pattern Gonorrhea? Malaria? Black Plague? Herpes? An Encino Calif.
company, Infectious Awareables, has introduced a line of silk and cotton
garments featuring the patterns as seen under a microscope of more than 15
different infectious diseases and bacteria. They come in bright colors.
And so will you: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990806/14/odd-life-ties
: What disease would you most like to wear? Should the fibres be embedded
with cures? Is disease a fashion statement? D'ya want a bacterial tattoo?
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# Romanian eclipse: Pavarotti, Dracula and scientists. (AP) When the moon
glides across the sun, church bells will toll in rural Romania, thanks to
peasants atoning for their sins. They'll also be watching out for rivers
running with blood. But in the cities, Luciano Pavoratti will sing, and
scientists and tourists will be ready to view the celestial event longer
than anywhere else in the world. For the less scientific minded, a fashion
designer has brought out an "Eclipse" collection of clothing in gold, for
the sun, and white, for the moon. The traditional peasant explanation for
the eclipse has it that a wild animal eats the sun to punish men for their
sins. Peasants ring church bells to appease evil spirits. And in Romania,
you can never forget Dracula. To help conjure a spooky eclipse mood, TV
stations already have started airing films about the vamp king, inspired
by the bloodthirsty native prince Vlad the Impaler. One woman, according
to local media, called off her wedding, which her fiance had thoughtlessly
scheduled for Wednesday. It would have been a bad omen. And the werewolves
are loose: http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_08_7&item=#934070006
: Would you rather ring bells, listen to Pavoratti, or be eaten by vampires?
What's your favorite eclipse fashion statement? Do you appease evil spirits?
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# Workers To Get Solar Eclipse Break. MUNICH (Reuters) German car maker BMW
AG will stop production at its plants in Munich and Regensburg for half an
hour on August 11 so their 19,000 workers can observe the solar eclipse.
They'll all go blind: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990806/14/odd-eclipse
: Does your employer pay for eclipse breaks? Will the Mitsubishi ECLIPSE car
do anything strange on 11 Aug 99? Will you? Are you eclipse-crazed yet? How?
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# Eclipse Pilgrims Get Early Start On UK Roads. LONDON (Reuters) Thousands
of solar eclipse pilgrims poured into Britain's southwest Saturday as they
sought to stake out prime observation areas four days ahead of the rare
cosmic event. Buoyed by weather reports that promise a near-perfect day
Wednesday some 25,000 travelers headed for the counties of Devon and Corn-
wall, where the moon will completely eclipse the sun. ET harvesters await
eagerly: http://news.excite.com/news/r/990808/01/science-eclipse-britain
: Have you staked out an eclipse-viewing position yet? Did you pay for it?
Would you rent it out for a profit? Can you make much money with eclipses?
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# Preacher Delivers Message Of Doom And Armageddon - He Talks With God And
End Is Near. GALLUP, N.M. (AP) - Under the din of high-wattage lights and
against the background of electric gospel music, David Terrell waves his
hands wildly as his face turns red. "We are about to go into the most
horrible time since man has been created on this earth," he yells. Jesus
appeared to him and told him the world will end soon. "God's judgment is
fixin' to come quick. We are now facing the end of the end. God told me
we're gonna have a war with China. God told me over 100 million people in
America is going to be dead carcasses," bellowed Terrell at a 350-person
audience, most of them American Indians. The Birmingham, Ala., native said
the U.S. has become a "baby-killing, pervert, homosexual, lesbian, dope-
pushing, drunk nation," and "God is going to punish us." Then his implant
misfired. http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/1,1249,110002012,00.html?
: Should Native Americans or anyone else believe anything a preacher says?
Do you preach? Does anyone believe you? Have you prophesied The End? Were
you right? Does your face turn red? Do you talk with God? Which one? If the
US and China don't go to war and Terrell is proved wrong, should he be torn
to pieces and fed to the coyotes? Do your gods lie to you? Should they? Why?
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@ The End/New Beginning. The End of the World is NOT Near! Balanced Biblical
teaching does indicate that there is a new age coming, during which Jesus
Christ will reign. We do not set dates for future events (including the
year 2000)! Fear and dread are not appropriate for those who know Christ.
It's all been badly misconstrued: http://www.bible-prophecy.com/end.htm
: Which end of the world are you ready for? Are your beliefs balanced? Are
you? Do the voices in your head tell you anything about Armageddon? Really?
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# Study links abortion, low crime rate. CHICAGO (UPI) Two scholars are
making the controversial suggestion that legalizing abortion in the
1970s has contributed to the falling crime rates of the 1990s.
http://news.excite.com/news/u/990808/11/tech-science-crimelink
: Which criminals would you like to abort? Do you want to abort politicos,
televangelists, talk-show hosts, UFOlogists, conspiratorialists too? Who?
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@ VICTIMS OF MASONIC ILL TREATMENT: aol://5863:126/alt.conspiracy:543218
# Americans are "in trouble" with God, Blackaby warns - isn't everyone?
http://www.bible-prophecy.com/revival2.htm#990806
# Volcanic Activity Prompts 'Maximum Alert' in Nicaragua!
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9908/06/BC-Nicaragua-Volcano.ap/
# Millennium on our mind - the Reformation way of changing the culture:
http://www.the700club.org/newsstand/worldmag/990805.asp
# Anti-rocket ray-gun development by Israel, US - Nautilus project:
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_08_6&item=#933984589
# 1.5 million Iraqi citizens dead due to economic sanctions:
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_08_7&item=#934071983
# Arabs and Islamics called to boycott Burger King:
http://upway.com/cgi-bin/readnews?day=99_08_7&item=#934072094
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