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...Bush Administration officials frequently insisted that the reconstruction of Iraq would be paid for by the country's oil revenues. But between debts, money owed on signed contracts and reparations from the first Gulf War, Baghdad owes $200 billion to $300 billion. That means the country is in much tougher shape than international financial basket cases like Argentina. And its oil sales, subject to U.N. approval, amount to only about $15 billion annually...
...likely to be a lengthy war. AIDS and SARS (and the common cold, for that matter) are caused by viruses?and viruses are notoriously hard to kill. Although doctors have a huge arsenal of drugs and antibiotics capable of wiping out most bacterial infections, a viral invasion is a tougher proposition. "All along, it's been much easier to produce agents to kill bacteria than to kill viruses," says Professor Brian Tomlinson, a clinical pharmacologist at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK...
...replicate and thereby destroying the host. Inside the body, they become vulnerable to drugs only after they invade a cell, but any treatment may damage the cell as well. And even when scientists develop an effective vaccine or antiviral agent, viruses can suddenly mutate?potentially becoming deadlier and even tougher to eliminate...
Graham feels that while both Harvard and Penn have improved from last year, his team has made the greater step up. And while the Quakers are the tougher challenge, Graham warns against looking past Princeton, a team he expected to be among the league’s best before injuries...
This spring, Brotemarkle has been able to hold regional opponents in check, working deep into games against Drexel, Holy Cross, and Boston University. The losses in her 2-6 record have come against tougher teams in the Crimson’s trips to the South...