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...reproduce, some mutate, randomly developing genetic traits that give them some protection against treatments that were effective against their progenitors. (Viruses, which cause the common cold, are impervious to antibiotics.) By administering antibiotics at even the slightest symptom, physicians and patients are multiplying the opportunities for stronger strains to flourish. Trouble has already appeared in the developed world: in the U.S., where experts estimate that half of all antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary, about 90,000 people died from antibiotic-resistant infections last year, up from...
...would a sport vanish from a country? And how does it then reappear and flourish? The first question is the harder one, and answering it involves a short trip through history. From the writings of George Vason, an English missionary dropped on one of the country's 170 islands in 1797, we know that Tongans used to surf. From the shore he would watch the natives take "particular delight" in an amusement they called fanifo. "It is astonishing to see with what dexterity they will steer themselves on the waves," Vason wrote, "one hand being stretched out, as the prow...
...Rowling's understanding of the origins of evil has to do with the role of the father in family life. "As I look back over the five published books," she says, "I realize that it's kind of a litany of bad fathers. That's where evil seems to flourish, in places where people didn't get good fathering." Some of that must surely flow from her own experiences: her relationship with her father has been uneven, and the father of her oldest daughter is no longer part of Rowling's life...
There are specific reasons why California has come to be identified with the trend. Notes Weimer: "In terms of the food world, California has a rich history of ethnic immigration. Another reason is equally compelling. It's the incredible climate, which enables anything to flourish here...
...America's burdensome loans. His July inauguration made front-page news in Western capitals when he used it to announce that Peru would spend no more than 10% of its export earnings for interest and principal payments on its $14 billion foreign debt. Said he, with a typical rhetorical flourish: "President Alan García, may the world hear me, knows that Peru has a first great creditor--its own people...