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...dropped last month for the first time in seven years, and as many as 9 million migrant workers are estimated to be returning home due to the slowdown. The World Bank and others say growth next year could drop to below 8%, a number that the government needs to maintain to prevent a destabilizing level of unemployment. Economists warn that even if China makes its 2009 targets, the first half of the year could see much slower growth than the second. And while this year's sensitive anniversaries will be past, next June will mark another, the 20th anniversary...
...These centers provide addicts with their own equipment and clean needles, along with psychiatrists and social workers to uncover the underlying reason for the substance abuse and to establish whether or not the addicts will be able to maintain a regular job. The heroin program exists not to facilitate drug abuse, but to reduce the damage that the addicted may both be subject to and cause...
...organic became a lot less important when the recession rolled in. Sales of Spam, which comes in neither of those varieties, haven't been this big since World War II, when soldiers overseas were sent vacuum-sealed cans of cooked pork shoulder, ham, water, sugar, salt, sodium nitrite (to maintain the porcine color) and potato starch (to maintain the cat-food-like consistency...
...Faculty of Arts and Sciences Dean Michael D. Smith, the University as a whole has been mobilized to tackle unprecedented budgetary constraints. We recognize the new limits facing the College and commend the College for reiterating its commitment to the Harvard Financial Aid Initiative. Likewise, we encourage them to maintain their support of undergraduate life through the continued development of initiatives such as the Student Life Fund and social programming for freshmen, in addition to long-term projects such as House renewal...
...After growing at 11.4% last year, the Chinese economy expanded at 9% in the third quarter of 2008. The government hopes to maintain GDP growth of 8% or above next year. If growth falls below that level unemployment could reach destabilizing levels. In the official press, the phrase bao ba, or "protect eight," has now become a mantra. Last month the World Bank lowered its GDP growth estimate for China...