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...statement might seem startling to outsiders, but it's the consensus in places like Ilsan. Seoul was keenly aware of the threat from the North's Korean People's Army when the South created the town from scratch in the 1980s. Lying across one of the main invasion routes to Seoul, the area was the scene of frequent skirmishes during the Korean War. Planners carefully spaced Ilsan's new high-rises to slow any onslaught from enemy tanks and troops. In those days, the town's proximity to North Korea made it an unpopular place to live. Today, property prices...
...because his policies kick-started the devastated Iranian economy after the Iran-Iraq war, ended months of speculation by publishing a manifesto; it promises to rein in extremism within the country, attract international confidence, support gender equality and spur economic growth. The wily Rafsanjani, 70, is seen as a consensus builder, giving him an advantage over other top candidates such as former police chief Mohammed Bagher Ghalibaf, from the neo-conservative camp, and former Minister of Science and reformist candidate Mostafa Moin. "He's the only candidate capable of preventing extreme factionalism in Iran," says Nasser Hadian, a political science...
Menopause is in the midst of a makeover. The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans to issue a scientific consensus statement soon that will urge women and their doctors to stop thinking of menopause--technically, the year after the last menstrual cycle--as some kind of disease. If that conclusion seems obvious to you, perhaps you missed all the medical drama and debate about the benefits, or lack thereof, of trying to replace the body's faltering production of hormones over the long term. Some believe that anyone who takes estrogen is a dupe of the pharmaceutical companies, while others...
...drain. Increasing monetary benefits for professionals to match the terms of developed economies is not an option for many affected countries. Increasing restrictions on emigration will not be effective either unless there is also a restriction on travel. Even if it were to work for a period, the global consensus is that a closed-off system will not help a country develop...
...Professor of History Charles S. Maier ’60, reporting on the progress of the curricular review’s general education committee, repeated previous recommendations that the Core be abolished in favor of distributional requirements, though he also said that his committee has yet to reach a consensus on what the purpose of general education should...