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...system was fool-proof. Even remarkably intelligent economists and journalists talked and wrote about "the Chinese Miracle." In 2007, the nation's GDP was $3.2 trillion, but was growing at 11%. U.S. GDP was well over $14 trillion that year, but its growth rate was 3%. It was only a matter of time before the lines crossed. (See pictures of China's wild side...
...goal from the left side of the net with under 30 seconds left in the third frame.“She’s been a great player for us throughout the whole season and been a great leader,” Kessler said. “Yesterday was proof of her talent.”While Vaillancourt led the Harvard attack, her linemates joined her in the scoring binge as well.Brine and senior Sarah Wilson scored the Crimson’s first two goals, giving Harvard an early advantage.“We kept it simple...
...mosquito carries - dengue and yellow fevers, which together affect up to 100 million people a year, mostly in tropical and subtropical regions - recently made the Wildlife Conservation Society's Deadly Dozen wildlife-diseases list, winnowing A. aegypti's numbers has become a bit more urgent. Since this study offers proof that females are not promiscuous - they won't mate for a day or so following an act of copulation - scientists can try using lab-sterilized males to edge out their fertile competitors. But because mosquitoes are sterilized using radiation, it's unclear whether they function exactly like untouched mosquitoes...
...Europe depends on Russia for about a quarter of its total gas supplies. Some 80% of these are pumped via Ukraine, which also counts on hefty transit fees. The E.U. sees this latest episode as further proof that it needs to diversify its energy, something that it must do anyway if it is to meet its ambitious climate-change targets...
...orientation is not without its detractors. Secularist Turks, worried about what they see as Erdogan's Islamicizing agenda, accuse the government of pulling away from the West and abandoning its E.U. membership drive, pointing to controversial decisions like Ankara's hosting of Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in 2006 as proof...