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...That doesn't mean China's robust economic engine is destined to grind to a halt. The country already suffers frequent power outages, but they occur because of insufficient electrical-generation capacity, not a lack of fuel. The mainland meets more than two-thirds of its energy needs with coal and boasts the world's largest coal reserves. But to keep the increasingly oil-dependent economy racing ahead?and to ease some of the pollution that comes from burning coal for power?China's leaders are forced to seek ever-greater supplies of petroleum from overseas. More than half...
...prevent premature delivery and turned out to cause, among other things, reproductive-tract abnormalities and a rare cancer. Unlike DES, however, progesterone has a long safety record. And it is not being used in the earliest days of pregnancy, when birth defects are more likely to occur. What progesterone doesn't have is a major manufacturer, because the drug is not protected by a patent. Instead it is usually produced in small batches at compounding pharmacies...
...story is a cinematic dream and, like all good movies, the underdog will triumph in the end. And what better final scene will there be than the party to end all parties that will occur in the streets of Boston following victory? Remember, it took three movies to finally destroy the last Death Star, and Boston’s previous meetings with New York were merely warm-ups. Red Sox fans have nothing to worry about. Johnny Damon will recapture his mental edge, Curt Schilling will fight through his ankle injury and the spirit of Boston will prevail with...
Although DOJ statistics indicate that 92 percent of incidents of abuse in relationships occur against women by men, women in heterosexual relationships are not the only people hurt by domestic violence. It affects people in all kinds of relationships. One-quarter of gay men and lesbians have reported that they have been abused by a partner, roughly at the same rate as heterosexual women...
...high school, we knew how to confront disaster! One bright spring day, we all filed out to the football field after school. A teacher had placed fluorescent cones from the field house in a big rectangle to represent Colorado. (In retrospect, it seems fortunate that the tragedy did not occur in, say, Hawaii.) We all jostled into the outline. Taking direction from someone standing in the bleachers, a group of athletes in bright-red varsity jackets clustered in a heart shape in the center of the crowd. They were supposed to represent the bereaved Littleton. We stood there until...