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ABCs pays scant attention, however, to such grim issues as the rapid rise of HIV and AIDS in Russia or to the country's continued reliance on abortion as the preferred form of birth control. Perhaps because of this, book sales have been brisk and the publisher is talking about a second printing. Zhirinovsky announced last week that he'll soon run for governor of a Russian region--which one remains to be announced. Then he flew off to Libya, his fifth visit to pal Muammar Gaddafi in the past year...
...funds lost money. More than 30% of stock funds were down through November, and 11% of those--including such popular funds as Heartland Value, Lindner Dividend, Brandywine and Templeton Growth--also distributed a taxable capital gain to shareholders, says fund-research company Wiesenberger. Tip: taxable distributions typically result from rapid-fire trading. This year, look for funds with a low turnover rate, something less than 100%. Stock index funds are among the most tax efficient. And never invest in a stock fund just ahead of its annual distribution, usually in November or December...
Take Gates' vaccine initiative. It came after months of research into existing immunization programs and meetings with world-health experts, including one gab session at his Medina, Wash., home a few weeks before the gift's unveiling. The cause appealed to him in part because it promised rapid, tangible returns. "The science is proved--it's just a question of driving equal access," says Gates. "It might take 15 years for that to happen. But through this program it can be cut down to as little as five years--and there are millions of lives at stake in the difference...
...Luiz, the lowly drummer-boy of the Duke and Duchess and cares nothing for her predestined husband. The operetta is spent unraveling all this insanity and making sure everyone ends up happily with the person they truly love, as conveyed by various "patter" songs--bouncy, often silly songs with rapid-fire tongue-twister limerics...
Kingsbury said university officials told him the results of the test "were not satisfactory or encouraging," though, "at the time, I was in a state of considerable, rapid recovery...