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Harper broke the 100-point barrier with a total of three goals and three assists for the game. Senior Lauren Corkery also tallied three goals and an assist. Juniors Heather Hussey and Frisbie also contributed two goals apiece to the effort...
...then the cowboy Cary Grant and the low-rent Grace Kelly went to the Great Barrier Reef by helicopter - see you later, Amber, I got work to do - for a big lunch and a snorkel. And there amid the coral occurred a great, G-Rated Romance, Hollywood-style. (Fast-action "happiness montage" included.) They were destined to be together, you see, and besides we had a subplot to plumb: Jerri making her move (and her moves) on the king of the tribe that maybe needed a reason to keep her around. Very "To Catch a Thief," with maybe just...
Cost is one barrier. Medicare does not cover hearing aids, nor do most private insurers. Hearing aids range in price from $500 to $3,000 or more. "Here's this thing that's the size of a peanut," says Nicolette Toussaint, 49, communications director for a San Francisco nonprofit organization, "and it costs as much as a used car." Toussaint got her first hearing aid more than 15 years ago. It lasted 10 years--until she left it in the pocket of a pair of jeans she threw into the wash. The replacement cost $4,000. For many people...
...fact is that this price reduction will not be enough. Many of those affected by AIDS live beneath the international poverty line of $1 per day and would have no hope of affording these drugs on their own. Even the low cost of AIDS test kits can be a barrier, preventing infected individuals from learning that they have the disease or taking action to control its spread. Similarly, although some responsible governments--such as Uganda's--have done much to reduce the rate of infection, there is little hope that unstable or cash-strapped governments will be able to subsidize...
...recognize that the land for such a House would be extremely scarce. Indeed, the shortage of land is the greatest single barrier to the construction of a new House. But we are confident that a University that can build the Knafel Center can work to find the necessary real estate...