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...leap. But it could take months to get a paper peer-reviewed and published so it would impact public health by encouraging the Guangdong government to curtail the civet population--or at least limit contact between humans and the animal. In that time, the disease could again gain a foothold among humans. But as long as there were no new cases then perhaps Yi had time to fast-track his paper and get it published in a few weeks. Then his wife called from work with news: there was a suspected SARS case in Guangdong. At that moment, "I felt...
...jump. But it could take months to get a paper peer-reviewed and published that could impact public health by encouraging the Guangdong government to curtail the civet population or at least limit contact between humans and this animal. In that time, the disease could again gain a foothold among humans. But as long as there were no new cases in Guangdong, then perhaps he had time to fast-track his paper and get it published in a few weeks. Then his wife called from work with some news: there was a suspected SARS case in Guangdong. At that moment...
...fully functional reality. In Japan, telecom NTT DoCoMo and financial firms Nippon Shinpan and Visa International are rolling out the second test phase of an infrared-enabled payment system, which will include 1,000 merchants and 10,000 consumers. Peddlers of the technology have gained an even greater foothold in South Korea, a cell phone--obsessed society in which wireless providers are competing for market share with hot technology. The leader, SK Telecom, has already sold 370,000 enabled handsets and should have reader technology installed at 400,000 stores by year-end. SK has only 30,000 subscribers...
Gaining a Foothold...
...pursuing public service careers can still be found in the Yard. The Phillips Brooks House Association (PBHA) is the flagship of dozens of expansive service programs, all entirely student-run, and also has connections to key funding for other student-initiated service projects that give students their first foothold in the professional service world, beyond Harvard’s gates...