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...move in China seems to be relentlessly toward a free market economy. Because China has a rich treasury, it can afford to support a rotation to privatization without the immediate concern that its government will be troubled by huge deficits...
...doctor will tell you the advantages of having lots of patient data on computers: it helps us avoid redundant tests, gather huge amounts of data for research, screen automatically for drug interactions, all with no problems with our famously illegible handwriting. I would be happy if every patient could hand me a digital file of everything about him; it could really save time on first visits. But against our government's push to get all patients' records computerized we must keep in mind there will be a cost to this - far beyond the billions to be spent setting...
...Mississippi, we're seeing [snow] levels at or above record levels," says Berry. New York and New England resorts have several advantages during a recession. First, they're cheaper than the higher-end destinations like Aspen and Vail in Colorado. Second, they're within driving distance of huge metropolitan areas such as New York City and Boston. Mount Snow in Vermont, for example, is a four-hour trip from New York City and a two-hour trek from Boston. Its "skier days" (number of people visiting the resort, multiplied by the number of days they ski) are up 3% this...
...important to address issues brought up in the report, some thought it was important to emphasize that the review would not be the Council’s sole focus for the semester.“The report is good, but it isn’t going to be the huge issue that defines the UC this semester,” said Hysen.—Staff writer Brittany M. Llewellyn can be reached at bllewell@fas.harvard.edu. —Staff writer Eric P. Newcomer can be reached at newcomer@fas.harvard.edu...
...choose to attend group sessions and learn about diet and behavioral self-management. Results showed a positive association between group session attendance and weight-loss, an interesting point that merits further research, Sacks said. “We’re now trying to understand the basis for...this huge difference between individual responses to the diet. Why are some people so successful at weight loss [than others], despite the same commitment?” Sacks said. “It’s an area that hasn’t been studied well.” The researchers added...