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...their rescue. By the end of the crisis, China, previously viewed with suspicion by its Asian neighbors, had built a reputation as a benevolent regional power. During last month's session of China's National People's Congress, President Hu said: "Challenge and opportunity always come together. Under certain conditions, one could be transformed into the other." Right now, those conditions are breaking China...
...high ranking is a reflection of how well the university is marketing itself as a brand, Payack said. “When we have a brand, the attributes associated with it are the key things. The same is true with college. When people think of Harvard, people think of certain things associated with the brand,” Payack said. “Quality wins overall. The best quality comes out on top.” The data does not necessarily suggest that the highest quality universities in the country are mentioned more times in the media, Packack warned...
...paid upwards of $100,000 to $200,000 to give presentations. “Drug companies do not pay the average physician to give a talk for them,” he said. “They pay the superstars.” He added, however, that certain industry relations, such as those involving research funding, are essential for financing the next generation of drug products. “We have no other mechanism to make drugs,” he said. Campbell added that he thinks it is appropriate for academic institutions to give consulting information to drug companies...
...years of war and instability after the fall of Saddam Hussein's regime in 2003 have provided unfettered opportunities for criminal elements, including traffickers, to profit. Nobody knows for certain how many Iraqi women and children have been sold into slavery since then. Some Baghdad-based activists put the figure in the tens of thousands, but there are no official numbers due to the nature of the business and the reluctance of victims or their families to come forward in a society where female virginity is prized and the stigma of compromised chastity can be a permanent social stain...
There are other challenges. Poverty and certain social traditions make some vulnerable members of society easy targets for traffickers. Although Iraq's constitution grants equal rights to women, their traditional role of domesticity often makes them dependent on male relatives for basic needs. War widows are rendered economically marginalized and vulnerable to exploitation. Salim, the Human Rights Minister, knows alleviating female poverty is key but says there are other considerations. "I can't ask to have jobs for women while the men don't have jobs," she says. "Here in our society, the first thing...