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...people in developing countries are increasingly able to afford drugs, doctors are worried that the problem could spiral out of control. According to the China Medicine Development and Research Center, 70% of drug prescriptions in China are for antibiotics, compared with roughly 30% in the West. "Resistance has risen dramatically in the past 10 years," says Tong, who is also a leading researcher on antibiotic resistance. He notes that a survey of 10 cities conducted three years ago revealed that in Shenyang, all pneumonia cases exhibited resistance to erythromycin...
China currently sends more students to Harvard than any foreign country except Canada. A total of 361 Chinese students attended the University this past school year—a number that has risen steadily since 1998, when they totaled...
AFTER THE MOVIE VERSION CAME OUT: "I was tempted to call Felt and see what he thought ... Perhaps being played by [actor Hal] Holbrook in a dramatically heroic role would melt the iceberg that had risen between us. Or was the iceberg still growing? But I was basically gutless. I did nothing...
...deal comes amid an industry drought in which ticket sales fell from 1.63 billion in 2002 to 1.53 billion last year. And attendance is lagging again this summer. But since 1970, annual ticket sales have risen 67%, outpacing population growth, so AMC representatives argue that the recent downturn is but a blip for U.S. box-office numbers, which totaled $9.53 billion...
...friends were not aware that Gilligan had fallen until informed by investigators shortly after the body was discovered. Daniel Seltzer had risen earlier and noticed Gilligan’s absence but assumed he had gone for a morning...