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...millions of Chinese workers, the two-week Lunar New Year festival offers the year's only opportunity to visit their families. After some initial hesitation, the ruling Communist Party's leadership moved quickly to contain any anger sparked by travel chaos, launching a nationwide mobilization dubbed the "war on snow havoc." Premier Wen Jiabao made three trips in a week to areas hard hit by the storms, apologizing to stranded travelers, consoling families of workers killed clearing power lines, and visiting residents of towns that had been without power for more than 10 days. "This is very important, to allow...
...explicit sex acts, he said. Diamond’s content will range from interviews with models that would allow readers “to get to know them” to “applicable” articles about exercise and style, Di Pasquale said. The magazine will also contain various self-improvement articles with the primary goal of helping men attract women. Pasquale said that one of his reasons for creating Diamond stemmed from his belief that Harvard’s students were sexually aware, rather than sexually repressed. He said that he sees potential in Harvard women...
While Harvard recently made waves by expanding its financial aid program to include families who make up to $180,000 per year, its rivals have also taken steps to contain costs for students not receiving financial assistance...
...Just three days before the Pentagon released its budget request, the Government Accountability Office released a study into how the military buys such weapons. It did not contain good news. "The cost of designing and developing these systems could continue to exceed estimates by billions of dollars if DOD continues to employ the same acquisition practices, including those for quality, as it has in the past," it said. "Excessive scrap, rework, and repair costs, as well as reliability problems impact overall quality and could ultimately present serious consequences on a weapon system's long-term support costs and affordability...
...medications (ARVs). It opens up the possibility that at least some people infected with HIV might be able to go without condoms and have unprotected sex. But experts warn that the challenge may only confuse patients about an already complex disease and the safest ways to both treat and contain...