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...tsunami occurred along a north-south fault line near Sumatra, sending the strongest waves to the east and west. According to computer models done by scientists at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii, the waves that struck Burma, which lies mostly north of the fault, were much weaker than those that hit Thailand and Sri Lanka. "If the fault line had been running east-west, there could have been considerably more damage to Burma," says Jason Ali, a geoscientist at the University of Hong Kong. The small, rocky islands and coral reef that shield much of the country...
Although everyone was solid this year, he added, the overall competition was weaker...
...Internal Medicine highlighted another problem with the pills: abnormal bleeding. Patients taking drugs that strongly inhibit reuptake of serotonin--a neurotransmitter that aids both mood and blood clotting--were at least twice as likely to be hospitalized for bleeding in the brain, uterus and other sites than patients taking weaker drugs. So-called SSRIs, including Prozac and Paxil, were among the strongest drugs. The risk is small, however, and most serious for patients already at elevated risk for bleeding...
Summers said that after those large payouts, which coincided with weaker investment performance at the beginning of the decade, the endowment—adjusted for inflation—is only now returning to its previous levels...
...strong goaltender gives his team the confidence to find the back of the net and the knowledge that a one- or two-goal lead can and will stand up. A weaker goaltender provides his team with nothing but an uphill battle and pressure—rather than inspiration—to score. In some ways, for an offense to know that it must score four or five goals a night is the kiss of death...