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Reasons to Move There: Blue cornmeal-encrusted catfish at the Wildfire grill. One of the nation's fastest-growing towns, with 100% downtown occupancy, yet people here still find time for weekly quilting bees...
...Ph.D. program in health policy, one of the fastest growing programs in the field, had six students six years ago, and more than 50 today, according to its director, Joan P. Curhan...
While technology has assisted many students the increasing use of computers in courses has also contributed to students' RSI. Commonly associated with excessive typing, RSI is the fastest-growing disability at Harvard...
Many developing countries are now facing exploding rates of infection that far outstrip those seen in the U.S., both in magnitude and rate of growth. More than 90 percent of all new HIV cases are in developing countries. It was in Manipur, India, in the early 1990s that the fastest growth rate of HIV infection in the world was recorded. Within less than 18 months, rates of infection among the city's intravenous drug users skyrocketed from less than 2 percent to more than 90 percent. India now has more than 5 million cases of HIV, more than any other...
...tarred Democratic fund raisers and prominent labor leaders in money-laundering schemes on behalf of the Teamsters leader. Among the union officials named were Richard Trumka, secretary-treasurer of the AFL-CIO, and Gerald McEntee, president of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees, one of the fastest growing U.S. unions. Conboy cited evidence that Trumka, once the reform leader of the United Mine Workers, and McEntee helped get cash to Carey. The two leaders and Carey are reportedly targets of a federal grand jury in New York City that is investigating the Teamsters election. Both Trumka...