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...also was reluctant, especially early in her career, to let colleagues know that she gave birth to her son when she was 17 and unwed. "People are fascinated by this," she says, of her teen pregnancy. "The whole conversation changes overnight. I didn't want it to get in the way of my career. I didn't need that and my son didn't." Later, she became more comfortable sharing this personal detail at work. "It's an important part of who I am and the story I have to tell," she says. "I never saw it as a liability...
...Kabul's airport, nicknamed the Salt Pit by the CIA and the Darkness Prison by inmates. Detainees who have escaped or been released from the prison claim they were kept in cold, dark cells underground, fed once every three days and sometimes chained wet and naked to the wall overnight...
...Perhaps the most interesting part of Bush's talk was his discussion of the challenge of getting enough vaccine in a hurry when it's needed, and he began the difficult task of setting citizens' expectations so they don't expect overnight miracles. "One of the challenges presented by a pandemic is that scientists need a sample of the new strain before they can produce a vaccine against it," he said. "This means it is difficult to produce a pandemic vaccine before the pandemic actually appears-and so there may not be a vaccine capable of fully immunizing our citizens...
...children are being treated for malaria. The number of women attended during childbirth is up. And many of the health zones have potable water. The next big hurdle: winning a second grant from USAID in 2006. But Kintaudi is in it for the long haul. "Success doesn't happen overnight," he says. "We have to act now to make a difference 100 years from...
Nutritional problems, however, will not disappear overnight. In a highly intellectual environment, it is easy to dismiss concern over the freshman fifteen as a consequence of society’s obsession with body image. What is not easy to accept is that weight gain in short time periods is not an image concern, but rather a health concern. The Harvard experience includes taking incredible classes, meeting amazing people, and establishing patterns for independent life after graduation—which should include, from the first day of shopping period, a better understanding of the basic nutritional practices that lead to healthy...