Word: provenance
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...disease is still killing people - in small numbers, with 140 deaths so far - and there have been confirmed deaths in victims who seemed perfectly healthy before the flu struck. The virus has also proven evolutionarily fit and very active, still spreading in the U.S. in the first week of June, when seasonal flu is normally a rarity. "This is a virus that appears to be evolving into a pandemic," said Keiji Fukuda, the WHO's interim director general for health, safety and the environment...
...None of this is unfamiliar to Western religious traditions. Roman Catholic Popes are supposedly chosen by the divine intervention of the Holy Spirit upon a conclave of cardinals - yet many have proven less than holy, and wars have been fought over successions. A bit like Catholics through the ages, says Baran, Tibetan Buddhists "assess a tulku's wisdom not by his title, but by his piety and learning." The monks try to pick the bright and promising children, he says; but Tibetans also assume the weeding-out function of the extensive tulku education: "no matter who they pick, the best...
What's going on here? Economists say that even in this downturn, financial services has proven to be more recession-proof than other lines of work. Consumers can put off buying a new car or going on vacation. But most people will still continue to pay their mortgage, write checks and deposit money at the bank. "The fact that the financial-services industry is declining this much is startling," says Joel Prakken of research firm Macroeconomic Advisers, which puts together ADP's employment report...
...Such knowledge has proven pivotal in Forst’s working relationship with Sweet, Forst’s counterpart in FAS. Forst says he meets every day with his own finance team or those at other schools across the University—and his meetings with Sweet and Smith have become particularly formative for a school currently struggling to develop a plan for revamping its administrative and programmatic structure. “I think the two of them have an extremely good working relationship,” Smith says of the financial...
...Through more than 30 years of public service - at the local, state and national level - John has proven himself a dedicated representative of the people of northern New York. But it is his service over the past 16 years in Congress - as a champion of our men and women in uniform - that uniquely qualifies him to help lead America's Army." - President Obama, announcing McHugh's appointment on June...