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...Although there are modest hotels peppering La Huasteca, with scenery like this, consider taking tents and a hammock to hang in the trees. There are few better ways to immerse yourself in this untamed jungle. See huasteka.net for more...
...Thanksgiving is a central part of the civic religion [in America]; a feast of almost political proportions, whereas Canadian Thanksgiving is a more modest family affair,” said European Studies Professor Peter A. Hall...
...enjoyed modest success this season, tying the University of Pennsylvania, 2-2, in their previous game...
...Bolshevik Revolution took place. Her family, suddenly poor, was forced to flee, and Rand's hatred of communism and any sort of collectivism would guide her life. Arriving in the U.S. in 1926 with a new name, Ayn (rhymes with fine) made her way to Hollywood, where she had modest success as a screenwriter and married an aspiring actor, Frank O'Connor. Her politicization came when she and her husband worked on Republican Wendell Willkie's losing presidential campaign in 1940. According to Burns, "Before Willkie she had been pro-capitalist yet pessimistic, writing 'The capitalist world is low, unprincipled...
...frankly, puzzling snippets of information--and plenty of questions. The trial actually tested two vaccines: one that primes the immune system by training cells to recognize and destroy the virus and one that boosts that response. Neither shot has proved effective alone, yet together they seemed to trigger a modest immunity--although no one yet knows why. Fifty-one people who received the vaccine became infected with HIV, compared with 74 who received a saltwater placebo, a barely significant difference. And while a lower risk of infection normally derives from a drop in the amount of virus circulating...