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...turbo-charging the work on economic development and urban development," Porter said...
Saddam Hussein is feeling lucky. As well he might, since rising oil prices and Israeli-Palestinian violence have combined to turbo-charge his campaign to smash international sanctions against his country. Iraq Airways on Sunday flew its first domestic flights over the "no-fly zones" maintained by the U.S. and Britain since the Gulf War, and it repeated the gesture on Monday. Official spin from the White House: We have no problem with civilian air traffic; those zones are to protect Kurds and Shiites from Iraqi military planes. Still, nobody doubts the significance of the gesture. Not when airliners carrying...
...AIDS conference, maintained that "we [can] not blame everything on a single virus" and stressed poverty as the most important factor. Almost everyone--including some of his most loyal political allies--has been stunned by Mbeki's HIV skepticism. But there's no question that Africa's dire poverty turbo-boosts HIV's spread and, worse, renders it a death sentence in most cases. Of the 5 million people with AIDS in Africa today, only 20,000 are receiving treatment, because governments can't afford the necessary drugs and infrastructure...
...also, I've become more comfortable with who I was before. I realize now that I'm never going to be that turbo-outgoing extrovert I thought I'd become. I know that I need a certain amount of time to myself, and I don't like to go out every weekend night. I no longer feel the need to spend time making small talk with people who bore me, just so I can expand my horizons and make new acquaintances...
...five years there, Beutler says her "crowning glory" was her work with the "Turbo Trans...