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...work, though unemployment runs at more than 20% in the slums. And while jobs are scarce, says Wilson, "there's no lack of opportunity to get into crime." Despite dire prospects, the poor keep arriving in the city of 18 million. As joblessness, crime and violence continue to grow, the rich are beginning to take flight. Mariana Montoro Jens, who works for an antiviolence ngo called Instituto Sou da Paz, says: "People think of this as the country of soccer and samba. But this is a violent country." The rise of the pcc is one sign of that. Says Ferr...
...every teenager is spoiled with too many luxuries. Teens have to apply to twelve colleges - because they're competing against all the other overachieving youngsters. And once they graduate, you would think every one of these young adults moves back home to mooch for a few years, unwilling to grow...
...will answer a lot of questions about how prepared the Crimson is to make a run at the league title. First-year players will play a big part in answering those questions. With twelve freshmen on Harvard’s twenty-one-player roster, the team will have to grow up quickly if it wants to turn its early challenges into league success. “We’ve played these great teams and their athleticism made us step up,” said freshman forward Christina Hagner, who has started all six of the Crimson?...
...terrible war, Europe is now whole, free, and at peace - and Asia has seen freedom progress and hundreds of millions of people lifted out of desperate poverty. The words of the Universal Declaration are as true today as they were when they were written. As liberty flourishes, nations grow in tolerance and hope and peace. And we're seeing that bright future begin to take root in the broader Middle East...
Since his work on telomerase, Szostak has shifted the focus of his study to evolutionary questions about the beginning of life. He is currently working towards the construction of an artificial cell that can grow and adapt to its environment...