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...told her the problem was actually in her head; not surprisingly, this information also failed to relieve the pain. And so she finally made it to the "most famous orthopedic surgeon" - in my house at dinnertime anyway - trembling with the expectation of my bold new treatment plan and a rapid cure...
...Government Information Services (the departmental initials were sarcastically said to stand for "God Is Speaking"). A rich store of anecdotes spans what were, arguably, the most tumultuous periods of Hong Kong's history-the civil unrest and refugee influx of the late 1960s, the social changes wrought by the rapid industrialization of the 1970s, and the 1980s boom years (which were never fully enjoyed, owing to the deep anxieties surrounding Hong Kong's return to China in 1997). The book nears conclusion with Moss's eventual appointment as department head and it also-in a marvelous final twist-relates...
...balance sheet too. Tim Gaumer, director of fundamental research for StarMine, a financial-analysis firm, notes that Google's pretax return on assets declined to 7.6% in the quarter ending in June, down from 11.8% a year ago. "While significantly above the industry average, that's a rapid decline," Gaumer says. What has changed this year is that Google has ramped up its investment in areas with lower expected returns, such as infrastructure. Still, sales should reach $10 billion this year...
...times, the listeners appeared to be more serious than the performers, casting disapproving glances when a child’s cries interrupted their musical experience even as Jasraj himself provoked laughter when his accompanying singer, Sougata Banerjee, was unable to follow Jasraj’s rapid scalar flight between melodious high notes and the lowest notes of his three and a half octave range. Singing mostly in Hindi, Jasraj’s performance may have seemed completely alien to those unfamiliar with South Asian culture. And yet, while the vocals were indecipherable at times, the emotion was palpable, immersing...
...Japan's rapid aging is a daunting challenge to Abe's growth targets. Because Japan was operating far below full capacity in 2002, a big spurt of demand could produce good growth figures for a while as the economy got back to full capacity. The government says full capacity has now been reached, and going forward, sustaining growth will be tougher. The working-age population will fall by around 0.7% during 2005-2010 and 1.1% during 2010-2015. Not only will each worker have to support more retirees as a result, the only source for GDP growth will be productivity...