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AIDS is also spreading into China's lifeblood through the country's vast, migrant population. Beijing economists estimate that more than 200 million rural laborers are drifting into the cities looking for jobs that simply aren't there. Little Jade worked as a waitress until she was fired for breaking too many dishes, and she couldn't find any other work in Kunming. With state-run factories closing down, young migrant women find prostitution their only option, especially in China's coastal boomtowns...
...what it's worth, Section 11 is also the lifeblood of Bright Hockey Center...
...manufactured AK-47s, still encased in a thick layer of protective green grease. The two countries are the spring from which a flood tide of weapons - pistols, automatic rifles, rocket launchers, mortars, even the occasional light artillery piece - flows to every corner of Southeast Asia. The weapons are the lifeblood of the region's criminal activity, supplying robbers in Johor Baharu, pirates preying on the cargo ships that chug through the narrow Strait of Malacca and, yes, traders and buyers say, the region's radical Islamic groups such as Abu Sayyaf, the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, Laskar Jihad...
...must recognize that information is the lifeblood of law enforcement," said Reno, a graduate of Harvard Law School. "Today's technology [serves] as an ever-better source...
...editorial "Changing the Guard" (Nov. 14) is utterly insulting to the entire Harvard student body. Extra-curricular activities are the lifeblood of the campus, fueled by students' passion for their respective causes...