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Today Dubai Healthcare City is little more than 435 acres of windswept sand and four small office buildings, but in three to five years the city will emerge as a regional hub of medical training and research, if leaders of Harvard Medical International (HMI) have their...
...have always asked myself how Boston could be turned into a leading economic, scientific and educational hub in the United States as it is today within such a short time span,” Khai said, according to a transcript of his remarks. “That question has somehow been answered through...the perfect links between first-class universities and state-of-the-art technology on the one side and business investment on the other...
With disadvantage creating disadvantage, it is no wonder that teen pregnancy is widely viewed as the very hub of the U.S. poverty cycle. "A lot of the so-called feminization of poverty starts off with teenagers' having babies," says Lucile Dismukes of the Council on Maternal and Infant Health in Atlanta, a state advisory group. "So many can't rise above it to go back to school or get job skills...
...reforms. Shenzhen has set up more joint ventures (150, in contrast to Shanghai's 90), while Canton, one-third Shanghai's size, has more private enterprises (100,000 vs. 90,000). At this rate, Shanghai is in danger of losing its traditional role as the commercial and industrial hub of China. "There is an evident lack of creativity and drive," complains a middle-level city official. "We may have been safe and steady, but the pace of reforms has just been too slow...
Consider the formative years of Middle Linebacker Mike Singletary, the team's conscience. He is now the hub of the "46" defense (retired Kamikaze Doug Plank's old jersey number, a monument to mayhem). However, during Singletary 's rookie season in 1981, Ryan summarily yanked him in favor of an experienced hand of meager skills. After a few minutes on the sidelines, the chastened player murmured to the distracted coach, "I know what I did wrong now. Should I go back in?" Ryan looked at him as if unable to recall who he was. "What...