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...machines are available, if not plentiful, a shortage of film requires that doctors choose between taking the recommended two-view image of a patient's breasts and taking a one-view image of twice as many women. As for a desperately poor land like Kenya? If you can't travel overseas for treatment, says Mary Onyango, a resident of the country whose disease was diagnosed at age 40, "you just sit and wait for your death." Says Nancy Brinker, founder of the Komen group: "Poverty is a known carcinogen...
...most prolific class of secondary search engines are those that focus on a very narrow purpose - engines that aid our search for the best prices for retail items and travel services. As we have pointed out, the people saving money usually have money; affluent Internet users are the key demographics for these sites...
...cost of applying to medical school is simply outrageous. A typical Harvard undergraduate, for example, can pay over six thousand dollars during the application process, shelling out money for test prep courses, application fees, and travel expenses for interviews. Applying to a single school costs at least $200, since the American Medical College Application Service (AMCAS) charges a $160 processing fee for the first application (and $30 dollars for each subsequent application), while most colleges’ secondary applications require additional processing fees of $50 to $100 dollars each...
...more than the FAP maximum of 12 medical schools. Some students, who evidently have the cash to spare, apply to as many as 40. But even if 12 were enough, the FAP does not cover secondary application fees, which by themselves can total thousands of dollars, or the hefty travel expenses for interviews, which include the cost of airline tickets, ground transportation, and hotel stays...
...site, Zuckerberg was asked to change the premise to something more appropriate. After coming up with idea for “The Facebook Book,” both authors quit their jobs. Atwan, who was working at an Internet startup in New York, said he persuaded Lushing to travel cross-country to pursue the project with him. They started writing in August. The book is the first collaborative project for the pair, who were childhood friends. Atwan and Lushing devised most of the original material for the book, but they also incorporated personal accounts from friends and acquaintances...