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...spent my summer in Hong Kong, one of the areas in Asia whose economy has gone down the drain. Before my visit, I hadn't realized how bad it is. An air of gloom hung over the whole city--all the malls were empty, the shops filled with "Going Out of Business" signs and the headline news everyday was either of another jump in the unemployment rate or of yet another major company closing down. The suicide rate has gone up; there was an unemployment-related one just a few days...
Technicians drain the afterbirth of its blood and process the material to concentrate the stem cells. Theoretically, stem cells can rebuild the body's bloodmaking machinery so that it produces the full array of effective blood cells the body needs to defend itself against germs, close wounds and transport oxygen. Scientists speculate that cord stem cells are more adaptable and will transplant more successfully, even in patients with imperfect biological matches, than stem cells harvested from adult bone-marrow donors...
William K. Moss '99 of Leverett House, who will finish the program this year, says, "The Boston public schools could definitely use some great minds. There is a brain drain in our nation, and Harvard students could do a great deal to alleviate that...In general the great minds of our nation are drawn to more lucrative careers...Instead, I wish that students who obtain world class educations, like the one Harvard offers, would consider sharing their mental wealth with the next generation...
Anabella Pappas, a Cabot dining hall staff member, said a local plumbing firm, the Drain Doctors, was called to fix the drainage system...
...fair share." Clearly, there are no white hats in this one -- just a lot of native South Dakotans with no way to get home for Labor Day (OK, several native South Dakotans). "Northwest's regional monopoly may force Clinton to intervene," says Saporito. Until then, the money continues to drain out of the airline's coffers. Think the pilots'll chip in again...