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...their social and peer networks, children have a higher likelihood of sharing information with the most people," says Jay Bernhardt of the CDC. By targeting youngsters on these sites with information about the importance of annual flu shots, health officials hope to trigger a literal and figurative viral wave of vaccination among the kids' peers, their peers' peers, and even those peers' parents and grandparents...
...Arabdetroit.com and president of David Communications, a public relations firm specializing in Arab-American and Islamic markets. "Many initially streamed in from Syria for economic reasons. The silk industry had collapsed there, and the U.S. car companies were actively recruiting for their factories," he explains. "In the 1940s wave called the 'Brain Drain,' Arabs came in search of better education. The third wave started in the late 1960's, where refugees fled here for political reasons or to escape homeland wars. Their villages were bombed out, and many already had relatives in Detroit. It was a safe haven...
...past. The result is that the IRS has become, in effect, a much less public arm of the federal-bailout machine. "There have been all sorts of Administration announcements that relax the tax law," says Thomas Humphreys, an attorney at Morrison and Foerster. "I don't remember a wave of provisions like this." (See pictures of the global financial crisis...
...rush; like the band itself, it creates the aura of a raunchy, fun-filled night in Las Vegas. I can already envision techno remixes of these songs taking over dance floors everywhere. “Day & Age” might be soon forgotten in the wake of the next wave of catchy pop songs, but for now, I’ll be dancing...
...value against the dollar. As a senior executive at a state-owned financial institution conceded to TIME two weeks ago, there is undeniable pressure from China's politically powerful export sector to weaken the RMB, which would make Chinese goods more price competitive abroad. If China triggered a wave of devaluations from other East Asian countries that are its export-market competitors, most economists believe the result could be catastrophic, increasing deflationary pressures in the developed world and quite possibly leading to protectionist measures that would add immeasurably to the already grim problems of the global economy...