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...success of the procedure over the past three decades has created a new problem: rising demand. With far more patients in need than donors, researchers have high hopes for alternative treatments, including stem-cell therapy or heart pumps. Twenty-five years after Baby Fae, the learning continues...
...There are weaknesses to Beijing's great plan. For example, cheap Chinese goods flooding the continent sacrifice African jobs, sparking a backlash against the Chinese presence. Corruption is serious, institutions are weak and political risk in various African countries remains high, meaning the possibility of social and economic breakdown is real. No one will bet their house on continued growth in many African countries. But the West should take note: China has a plan to seize the advantage should the African consumer take flight...
...ensure legislative support. Today, the Democrats control more than a quarter of parliamentary seats. Yet instead of increasing the number of technocrats in his second-term team, SBY doled out just as many party favors this time around, with more than half of Cabinet members political appointees. "There were high expectations that with the President's significant victory he had the mandate to choose better qualified and younger candidates for his Cabinet than last time and not be so dependent on political parties," says Hendardi, chairman of the Setara Institute, an NGO dealing with pluralism issues. "The reality is different...
...deaths and 62,800 H1N1 cases - compared with U.S. government estimates of 4,000 American deaths and 22 million infections. China plans to immunize 65 million citizens, or 5% of the country's population, by the end of the year. As in the U.S., health officials are targeting high-priority groups first, including the military, police, health care workers, teachers, students and those with chronic diseases...
Bowman maintains a high social profile on campus: he is a member of Crimson Key Society; a resident of the Pforzheimer Belltower, the House’s primary party suite; and a member of the Spee Club. While some may know him from crowded parties or final club escapades, Bowman asserts that his membership in the Spee, an organization defined by its exclusivity, has no impact on his beliefs and ethics...