HAIKU TO THE CHIEF
California man /
The Great Communicator /
Bonzo was his pal
Ronald Reagan
This test used on pregnant women is also called a sonogram
an ultrasound
Isolated in 1983, the virus that causes AIDS is known today by this acronym
HIV
Basically jail on a ship, it's the boat compartment where prisoners are confined
Brig
A fat & sagging striped house cat
a flabby tabby
The country Whigged out /
Stormy inauguration /
He's dead in a month
William Henry Harrison
Consumer Reports' braking test measures how fast a car goes from this to this--the reverse of its acceleration test
60 to 0
Severe cases of this fever can cause jaundice, which gave the disease its name
yellow fever
To decrease in strength; moon-wise, it's the opposite of wax
wane
What's that putrid odor coming from Paris & Nice?
a French stench
He preceded Abe /
The Union, not in great shape /
Marriage ain't for him
James Buchanan
140 is scary high on the Stanford-Binet version of this test
IQ test
It's the B form of this inflammation of the liver that's spread by some kinds of personal contact
hepatitis
To avoid taking unnecessary risks, "play it close to" this piece of clothing
vest
A minuscule spirit in a magic lamp
a teeny genie
Sworn in by his dad /
Quiet outside hid deep pain /
Out before the crash
Calvin Coolidge
The Hardy-Rand-Rittler test checks for this optical defect mostly observed in men
Colorblindness
Mary Mallon was the first known carrier of this disease in the U.S.
typhoid
Greek to me, it means a very small quantity (like this word's total number of consonants--one)
iota
A nearer food merchant
a closer grocer
Shot within 4 months /
Soon, civil service reform /
Guiteau got his gun
James Garfield
Abbreviated NTBT, this 1963 treaty was signed by the U.S., the USSR & the U.K.
the Nuclear Test Ban Treat
Richard Preston's "The Hot Zone" examines "the terrifying true story of the origins of" this deadly African virus
Ebola
The nerve of this ancient region of Europe, consisting of Cisalpine & Transalpine divisions!
gual
Fine powdery remains from a piece of oxidized metal
rust dust