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...then, on Nov. 25, stormed the capital's airport. Tourists and investors are fleeing the country, the stock market is tanking. The famous Thai smile is fading fast. A Bangkok pollster calculated that the nation's "Gross Domestic Happiness Index" measured a mere 4.84 out of 10, the lowest for almost three years. Cheer up, Peter Reid? He's probably the only happy man left in Thailand...
...most ambitious reform efforts is Michelle Rhee’s revamping of the Washington, D.C., public-school system, widely regarded as one of the worst in the nation. The Economist reports that if the district were a state, its test scores would be the lowest in the country. Rhee has taken aggressive steps to change this. Her proposal would increase baseline teacher salaries from around $40,000 to $78,000 a year, and high-performing teachers who were willing to forgo tenure would receive a salary of up to $130,000. A combination of improved efficiency and private donors would...
...blood to start - whether or not it was due to smoking - might benefit more. Nelson's own work in a smaller study in Baltimore suggests this might be true. He showed that the protective effects of vitamin E against prostate cancer followed a U-shaped curve: Men with the lowest levels of the vitamin in their blood lowered their prostate cancer risk when they took supplements, but those with normal levels did not enjoy the same reduction when they boosted their level of vitamin E through supplementation. "We don't want to be in short supply of vitamins that...
...Burns:The toll here is 96,000 children under 20 each year - or 263 per day. Infants are at the greatest risk, and kids between 10 and 14 are at the lowest. The rate rises again for kids 15 to 19, perhaps because of greater access to fireworks, gasoline and cooking materials. Once again, poorer countries are hit harder, with a rate 11 times higher than that of higher-income countries. In wealthier parts of the world, it's smoke inhalation, not the flames themselves, that causes the most deaths. For reasons not entirely clear, burns are the only type...
...ranger, Rizzo said he was also attracted to India because of its proximity to the Himalayas and opportunities for mountaineering.WHY MARRY?Cidre, who had originally discounted the fellowship as an option until three weeks before the application due date, will be studying marriage choices in Chile.Chile has the fifth lowest divorce rate in the world and divorce was illegal until 2004, according to Cidre, who is also an inactive member of the Crimson’s Business Board.“One of the big questions I have is: Is the divorce rate so low because people are promising their...