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Such is the parlous state of commerce in the world's last Stalinist holdout. On Oct. 2, North Korea's dictator, Kim Jong Il, held a historic meeting with South Korea's President, raising hopes that diplomatic progress in the effort to get Kim to abandon nuclear weapons, along with an easing of the country's self-imposed isolation, might ultimately lead to economic reforms. And for foreign investors lured by what Devonshire-Ellis calls the "barren romance" of the place, North Korea holds obvious, if modest, attractions: a highly literate workforce with average daily wages that are about half...
...advantage to steal a shot at Vermont’s Bradley. “I was going to cross it right in, and the ball hit the goalie’s toe and it went in,” Wylie said. The goal marks Wylie’s progress throughout this season in better footwork and having the confidence to make more attempts. “She’s been taking a lot of good shots, and has the desire to score,” Leone said. “It is a very good performance for her today...
...Harvard students who Tommy Amaker is, and see if three could give you the right answer. But call it a faint murmur, echoing from a small desk looking out over Lavietes Pavilion.I sat with new Harvard men’s basketball coach Tommy Amaker last week to discuss his progress this summer—how the team is coming together, what the recruiting class looks like, what he expects as practices start this Friday.And I came away from the interview with one thing on my mind: I can only hope that Harvard’s student body believes in Harvard...
...variety of major diseases. Cohen's review of past studies finds that stress - particularly "social stressors" like divorce and the death of a loved one - often triggers clinical depression or worsens it, and causes relapses in people who have recovered. The report also suggests that stress may quicken the progress of the disease in AIDS patients, and, like the Canadian study, finds that chronic stress exacerbates heart disease. "There is a fair amount of evidence that the relationship [between stress and disease] exists - enough to start asking whether reductions of stress would reduce disease outcomes," says Cohen, adding, "People have...
...police have made little progress in tracking the perpetrators. In both cases, the victims were unable to provide detailed descriptions of their attackers, which Pasquarello said was not uncommon for robberies of this sort...