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...develop the polio vaccine 30 years ago were quite small compared to the value derived from the virtual eradication of poliomyelitis. It has been calculated that if polio had not been prevented, the cost to the country in 1990 of caring for the millions of people with polio would exceed all the funds that have been spent by the NIH in the past 30 years. In 1955 essentially all children who developed acute leukemia died quickly with an enormous amount of suffering because of infections, because of anemia, because of bleeding tendencies. Today 70% of all children with acute leukemia...
...this problem, Harvard should investigate the feasibility of installing galvanometers and hot water flow guages in individual suites. Then the University could directly bill rooming groups only for the energy they actually use. If monthly billing is deemed too inefficient, Harvard could levy a special surcharge on students who exceed a maximum threshold...
...been a $15 million painting a year ago, but at least its price offset the fact that none of the other De Koonings in the sale -- all later or inferior works -- found buyers. Philip Guston's Summer, 1954, joined the De Kooning as one of the few paintings to exceed its high estimate -- $1.1 million, against estimates of $500,000 to $700,000. But again, nothing by Warhol sold, and Minimal art did badly across the board...
...demographic impact is dramatic: in South Korea, where fetal testing to determine sex is common, male births exceed female births by 14%, in contrast to a worldwide average of 5%. In Guangdong province, the China news agency Xinhua reported, 500,000 bachelors are approaching middle age without hopes of marrying, because they outnumber women ages 30 to 45 by more than 10 to 1. Alarmed by such imbalances, some governments have taken steps to limit the use of amniocentesis as a prelude to female feticide. Asian nations also hoped to influence parents by designating 1990 the Year of the Girl...
Although Kaufman said that precise costs cannot be determined until architects design more detailed blueprints, he estimated that the new building will cost about $8 to $10 million. He added that the total cost of all the library renovations will considerably exceed that figure...