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...pressed to name the weakest link in Stephenie Meyer's four-book series, fans will usually point to New Moon, for the simple reason that the hero - hot, brooding vampire Edward Cullen - decides to leave his mortal soul mate Bella in order to protect her from himself and his kind. He disappears on page 73 and does not return to full-time smoldering duty until page 451. The heart of the story is about how much Bella misses him - as does the reader. When the first copies of the book appeared, Meyer had to urge some fans to read...
Then there is the creaky contraption that is the global monetary system. Since the early 1970s, the world's major currencies have generally been allowed to float freely against one other, but lots of emerging-market countries link their currencies to the dollar. They began doing this to secure a bit of stability in turbulent currency markets...
Still, it's hard to find fault with hotels that link local charities to potential donors. And do guests get discounts for being do-gooders? On the contrary, some hotels charge participants an extra $40 or more to cover transportation and other costs associated with their manual labor...
...open letter to the AAFP last week, HSPH Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition Walter C. Willett offered the Academy use of the School of Public Health’s “Nutrition Source” Web site, encouraging them to link to HSPH’s content rather than using the Coca-Cola funds...
...reason is that the roaring real estate market is complicating Beijing's decisions on when and how to unwind the drastic stimulus measures that policymakers put in place to combat the global recession. There is clearly a link between Beijing's ultra-loose monetary policy and the run-up in property prices. The amount of new loans granted by Chinese banks in the first 10 months of 2009 surged an eye-popping 144%, to $1.3 trillion, from the same period in 2008. The easy money policy has led to a fantastic increase in property deals - up 82% in October...