Word: backgrounds
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...course, History 1519, "The Modern Balkans," Visiting Professor of History Maria N. Todorova says she attempts to show students the tools and background knowledge needed to address conflicts with "patience and diplomacy...
...course, History 1519, "The Modern Balkans," Visiting Professor of History Maria N. Todorova says she attempts to show students the tools and background knowledge needed to address conflicts with "patience and diplomacy...
...covered walkway leading over the hill to the family temple. "We used to say that whichever path you took from here to Changsha, you had to pass over Zhu land," says Yunzhong. The palace was destroyed in an antilandlord campaign in the 1950s, but Zhu's privileged background was not forgotten by Mao's regime...
...economic reforms. Zhu was rehabilitated in 1978, and rose as an economic planner, largely on his own merit, since he had no base of support in the army, party or bureaucracy. "Everyone knew Zhu, not just for being efficient and honest, but primarily because of his rightist background," says Zhu Xingqing (no relation), a journalist in Shanghai in the 1980s when Zhu was mayor...
...some background. Colon cancer is highly curable when caught in the earliest stages. However, most relapses, when they occur, show up within five years of the initial treatment and are usually fatal. Perhaps 5% of metastasizing tumors are small enough to give patients a reasonable chance for complete cure. So there's a premium on finding and treating them early...