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...virus whose timing, duration, and severity are still uncertain. Moreover, the treatment of this disease is difficult, especially in countries like Ukraine whose medical infrastructure does not equal that of other Western countries. The severity of the disease in Ukraine, however, does not seem to merit the drastic steps the government has taken. Although national health officials have cited 33 flu deaths in support of the measure, they have not definitively specified how many of these deaths were a result of swine flu and how many were a result of other viruses. Additionally, to put this count in perspective...
...University was given the poor mark for its overall “sexual health” last week in the fourth-annual Trojan Sexual Health Report Card, which ranked Harvard number 62 out of 141 American colleges and universities—a drastic decline from the University’s 25th-place ranking last year or its top 10 showing the year before...
...library system of this magnitude contains texts that might not exist elsewhere, preserving a unique part of the world’s accumulated knowledge. A system of such importance should be one of the last to face drastic budget cuts, especially considering its already dire financial condition...
Though enrollment numbers will not see any drastic changes, the admissions office is running ahead of the number of applications that it had received at this point last year, according to McGrath. She said that the overall increase in applications to the College over the past few years can be attributed in part to a greater value placed on a college education...
...past year, the UC has experienced drastic constitutional change, resulting in a larger Council with three more committees...