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...forcing North Korea into line by cutting back on food and energy supplies a real option - the country's economy is precariously weak, and China fears that even a small nudge, such as cutting off oil deliveries for several days as it did three years ago, could precipitate a catastrophic collapse. The last big famine during 1995-96 is now estimated to have killed as many as 2 million North Koreans. With memories of those awful days still vivid, China believes that any similar crisis would dump a huge humanitarian crisis in its lap by sending hundreds of thousands...
...Favorite childhood toy: Gold spray paint. Best part about Harvard: That heater/vent thing just inside the gate by the Science Center. Worst part about Harvard: Lack of an alchemy concentration. How you got your name: I was named after the doctor who delivered me. Describe yourself in three words: Weak, thirsty, onomatopoeic. In 15 minutes you are: Flossing. In 15 years you are: Wondering if it’s time to get the middle-aged-woman haircut...
...reality is that those most in need of essential medicines are often those least likely to be able to afford them. Although weak health infrastructure and unreliable drug delivery systems are contributory factors to the current “access gap,” high medicine prices remain a primary barrier to treatment for the destitute sick. In Thailand, for example, an 18-fold reduction in the price of HIV treatment has allowed the Thai government to expand its national treatment program from 3,000 to 85,000 individuals in the past four years...
...Having a Web Site. The UC’s Web site needs to stop being a weak tool that serves as a link to the UC and students. Instead, it should be free to design its own destiny. By giving the Web site an endowment and organizing a crack team of for-profit business school students, the UC’s Web site will finally become a true power player by consolidating power until it finally assumes its correct role as the hegemonic ruler of the world, er, we mean, the trusty student Web portal...
Schifferes also delivered a notable performance, and while Adamson was a weak performer in the first act, he later became more intriguing with his spirited denunciation of Captain Shotover’s daughters. Bohrer was also slow to grow into his character, but he reached his element in the second act when he wildly alternated between furious rampages and lovelorn docility...