Word: alongism
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...research suggests that the WHO acted wisely in raising the pandemic alarm - and that the threat of H1N1 may not have passed. In a study released May 11 in the journal Science, researchers from Imperial College London, along with WHO staff and Mexican scientists, conclude that H1N1 is transmitted considerably easier than the regular seasonal flu and is about as deadly as the 1957 Asian flu, which killed about 2 million people worldwide. A World Bank study last year found that a pandemic of similar severity today might kill 14.2 million people around the world, and cut 2% from...
...Along with the FAS Human Resources Organizational Development (OD) team and in conjunction with the University’s Center for Workforce Development (CWD) team, departments, divisions, centers and tubs are assessing areas – such as in media services, library services, and building operations – where further restructuring and work process changes might yield new efficiencies...
...tuck into drams of whiskey (the famous Jura distillery is nearby) and roast venison or locally caught lobster. (The island is also where George Orwell wrote the novel 1984.) You can go deer stalking here - the deer outnumber the residents - and fish or go on pony treks along the moor. Rates start at $55 per night, including breakfast. Isle of Jura, Argyll, Scotland...
...Relays—held annually at the same site—the Crimson posted numerous exciting performances that would have arguably made any spectator believe that the most storied competition in track was being held last weekend.“[Franklin Field] wasn’t really full, but along the finishing straight-away, it was packed with all different teams. People were yelling and cheering. It was a great Ivy League bonding opportunity.”Six individual Ivy League titles were brought in on both sides, as the speed and strength of the Harvard athletes helped...
...conflicts end? At the end of a week of gaming, the results were mixed. In the Central Asian conflict, says Army Spokesman Harvey Perritt, the NATO rapid reaction force coupled with humanitarian assistance was able to decrease the violence along the border between Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan. The Korean problem, however, remained largely unresolved. "With the Korean Peninsula," says Perritt, "the problem is bigger than just military." The conclusions drawn from the exercise, he said, were more "informational and cultural." The response to a North Korean attack, he says, would have to require diplomatic, humanitarian and other solutions, including the involvment...