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Part of the reason for the rise, say experts, has to do with improved genetic and imaging techniques that give women a lot of information about their tumors and the prognosis of their disease, which may sway them to take extreme measures to avoid recurrence...
...with global society as something brand-new, the sundering of a hermetic seal by which China walled itself away from everyone else. This is quite false. China has been open to other cultures - and influenced them in its turn - for centuries. There's nothing preordained about how its modern rise will play out; much will depend on the skill with which China's interlocutors conduct themselves. That's one more reason to celebrate a legendary mapmaker and his work, even if he was rather rude about Americans' taste in lunch...
This precision will most likely prove to be UPS's best tool as it absorbs a major industry shift--the rapid rise of e-commerce. Residential delivery this year will account for about a third of domestic shipping, up from 20% in 1997, according to the investment bank Morgan Stanley. Meeting this new demand is vital for UPS, which generates roughly 60% of its revenue from the U.S. small-package market...
Volatile energy prices are another worry. When crude-oil prices rise to $100 a barrel, for instance, UPS and FedEx both recover that increase through a fuel surcharge. "They essentially lose money on the way up but make it back on the way down," Ross says. "Longer term, though, higher prices hurt the consumer, and they will downgrade service...
...importance of media technology is on the rise, according to Martin M. Schreiner, the head of maps, media, data, and government information in Lamont Library: “[Media] is becoming like word processing,” he said. “It’s ubiquitous...