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...weeks roll by and the promised adjustment to Shanghai's suspected SARS caseload hasn't materialized, a restive undercurrent has many beginning to wonder how a city of 16 million could be so lucky as to have just a handful of SARS patients. Residents aver that they aren't worried yet; nevertheless, face masks and vitamin C are in short supply. "I don't think anyone believes there are hundreds of cases being hidden here, like in Beijing," says a Shanghai respiratory-disease specialist who, along with other doctors in Shanghai, has been forbidden by the local propaganda department...
...Shanghai officials aver that there is no property bubble. But such assurances meant little for me as my husband and I struggled to find a new home. We decided to downgrade from a house to an apartment, but even that didn't help much. An almost-done deal fell through because a South Korean diplomat as well as a banker at Standard Chartered suddenly outbid us by at least $1,000?the agent delicately informed me that we were "too small potatoes" to be pinning our hopes on such a nice apartment. Another potential flat, which had cost...
...America and $5 million to $6 million of which will go to the host club. The U.S. players, meanwhile, each get a $5,000 stipend, which is clearly unfair, whether they plan to invest it in more greater-Orlando real estate or, as Woods and Duval nobly aver, in worthy causes...
...just as popular for her so-called faults as for her alleged virtues. She was, as so many of the cards and posters and messages on the railings of the palace aver...
Always an offensive powerhouse, Ivy League Player of the Year, Allison Feaster will be looking to lead the charge. After aver-aging 18.1 points per game last season, the junior kept on running against B.U. on Friday despite a sore knee...