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...ideal for scanning children with congenital heart problems, since repeated radiation exposure in youngsters leads to an increased risk of developing cancer as adults. But again there are drawbacks. MRI scans are much more expensive than CT scans, and generating and interpreting them require lots of training. Furthermore, the magnet exerts a powerful attractive force on any iron-containing metals, so special precautions must be taken to prevent accidents...
...country changes course The winds of reform have swept over China with unequal force. Sichuan is a showcase for the new agriculture, Shenzhen is a magnet for foreign investment and a high-tech boomtown, but Shanghai remains peculiarly impervious to Deng's goals...
...creates a very complex relationship. There is a great potential for cooperation but also for conflicts. The matter of migration attests to this fact. The drug-trafficking issue has caused some problems. The U.S. is the No. 1 drug-consumer market in the world, and is thus a powerful magnet, which in turn serves to foster this kind of activity in Mexico. The Mexican government is making a considerable effort in drug control in spite of our economic crisis...
...despite what often seemed like a trade fair for Iceland, the summit was an international magnet attracting a constellation of groups competing for attention and airtime: peace demonstrators, the families of refuseniks, Jewish activists, and summit perennials like Waluliso, 73, a fixture at last year's Geneva meeting, who wanders around the streets in his trademark bed-sheet toga, with plastic laurels around his head, shrieking for the need for world peace...
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