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...Moreover, most economists expect Beijing will successfully cool growth without major economic disruption. "I don't see a 'sky-is-falling' scenario," says Bruce Murray, country director for the Asian Development Bank in Beijing. "It's not like exports to China are going to crash. China will continue to grow at a significant rate" of 8.3% this year and 8.2% in 2005, he estimates. But that's not to say that some overheated sectors in which investment has been rampant will not suffer. Beijing has targeted a number of industries-among them aluminum, autos, construction supplies, real estate, steel...
...Mary Pipher writes in Reviving Ophelia that “...the omnipresent media consistently portrays desirable women as thin.... Even as real women grow heavier, models and beautiful women are portrayed as thinner.” Today, it is almost impossible not to be subjected to the socially determined standards of attractiveness; television, advertisements and diet programs are constantly reinforcing the same message that thinness is synonymous with beauty and success. More dangerous, this message fuels an illusion that the “perfection” of models is attainable, if only one wants it badly enough. Thus women...
...grown, so have job opportunities in food preparation and service. According to the National Restaurant Association, while the overall economy lost jobs in 2003, restaurant jobs increased at a rate of 1.2%. By 2008, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of retail bakeries is expected to grow 16% and baking manufacturing 12%. Says the CIA's Ryan: "I'd match our employment rate against any Ivy League school. When they graduate, our students typically juggle seven or eight job offers." According to Kim Resnik, director of marketing for the Atlanta Art Institute, which has a culinary-arts...
FILM: Kids in peril; the Olsen twins grow...
Figuring out if a child has hypertension is trickier than you might think. Because children's blood pressure naturally increases as they grow older and taller, doctors must refer to a standardized distribution chart. Readings at the 95th percentile and up indicate high blood pressure. New guidelines, scheduled to be released this summer, identify the 90th percentile to 95th percentile as prehypertension...