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Wikler, who says he was not involved with AIDS activism until this fall, says he is not sure why there has been an upswing in interest. He speculates that increased attention in the media has played a role.
A number have asked students to postpone their starting dates in hope of a future economic upswing, offering only small compensation in the interim.
But is being accurately glum about the quarter just past a fundamental reason to be optimistic about the future? Hardly. Sentiment - the way traders make themselves important is by having very thin skins - is certainly on the upswing after a day like Thursday. Tech stocks, you may recall, have a...
Construction hiring is also on the rise, accounting for a large portion of the new hiring in the report. That indicates that Americans are still buying homes at a good clip, and after a lot of bad weather in November and December, construction is back on the upswing.
That misconception, the study's authors fear, could result in a dangerous upswing in STDs. Every year, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, 3 million teenagers (or about one in four sexually "experienced" teens) are diagnosed with an STD. "We've drilled into our kids the dangers of pregnancy," Linda...