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...Africa, however, infection levels are at an all-time high. The disease is a particular concern in frontier areas with new agricultural and irrigation projects, including the Amazon, Southeast Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa...
...these strictures begin to look like nothing more than a bunch of hypocrites and phonies—a group that takes extensive prophylactic measures against letting mediocre coursework from other institutions count for Harvard degree credit, while turning a blind eye to, and granting full Harvard College credit for, sub-par instruction that occurs right here in Cambridge...
...particularly egregious example—but the phenomenon I have described is rampant at the summer school in less extreme incarnations. In the introductory economics courses, for example, the mean on tests would routinely be in the 80s and 90s—a far cry from the sub-50 percent averages that are common in Social Analysis 10: “Principles of Economics...
...defied the economic slump, so have the stocks of homebuilders, home-renovation stores and mortgage lenders. But is it time to dump these stocks? Fund manager Ron Muhlenkamp says Lowe's, whose stock has risen 42% in the past 12 months, no longer looks like a bargain. Ditto for sub-prime lenders like Countrywide, which may be hit hard by the upturn in mortgage delinquencies, says portfolio manager David Dreman. However, Dreman says, big lenders such as Fannie Mae, which have less exposure to risky credit, should continue to perform well. Homebuilder stocks such as Centex and Pulte Homes...
...government's Energy Saving Trust announced that flooding would cause $345 billion of damage to buildings and farmland as global warming took hold, with the London region particularly at risk. IVORY COAST Moral: Don't Leave Home An attempted coup d'état convulsed one of sub-Saharan Africa's richest but most politically fragile countries while President Laurent Gbagbo was in Italy. Loyalist soldiers killed the man accused of leading the uprising, General Robert Guei, the former military ruler who was himself ousted in a 1999 coup. Heavy fighting began in the commercial capital Abidjan before dawn on Thursday...