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...primary health care and sanitation. The vaccination rate stands at 100%, there is close to universal access to clean water, and 80% of pregnant women are examined three times during their pregnancy. "That is why, despite the occurrence of polio in neighboring countries like Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan and frequent traffic between our countries, there hasn't been a single case of polio in Iran over the last eight years," says Dr. Hossein Malek-Afzali, the main founder of the program who won the U.N. Population Award...
...wouldn't the billion-dollar expansion drive of McDonald's suggest that the company is seeking to lure more time- and cash-strapped European clients as frequent diners? If so, Berger says the objective may well prove elusive - at least among continental Europeans. "People will make concessions to time pressures when necessary for convenience's sake, but will often reserve evening and weekend meals for quality, sit-down, often homemade food," he says. "The British are a bit different in that regard - which may be why the U.K. seems to be a particularly strong market for McDonald...
That reluctance is not necessarily for the reason often cited when U.S.-China trade issues come up. A frequent assertion by critics of U.S. trade policy is that Washington can't afford to get tough with China on trade because Beijing buys so much U.S. Treasury debt. Washington can't even say "Boo" to the Chinese, this argument goes, without risking that China would take its money and go home, driving U.S. interest rates up in the process...
...Razzies are a year-round affair, with a website that attracts more than a million visitors annually with its picks for the worst films of the year as well as the worst movies of the week in theaters and on DVD. Nearly 700 voters - journalists, industry insiders and frequent filmgoers - now vote on the year-end awards. In conjunction with this year's awards show, Encore on Demand Movie Channel has scheduled a month-long tribute to past Razzie winners...
...also cited bad weather, unreliable T service, and frequent protests as factors that have kept people from the store in recent years. Richard said there was also a loss of clientele...