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...commitments contained within the cooperation agreement for the Science Complex development and any commitments that remain in force from existing campus plan approvals,” the Authority’s spokeswoman Jessica Shumaker wrote in an e-mailed statement. “Their current master plan is in effect until 2012. President Faust stated in December of last year that the campus plan for Allston will be updated by 2012,” she wrote...
...United States’ primary strategy in attempting to rein in Iran has been economic sanctions. Unfortunately, these sanctions have had only a small effect on the Iranian economy as evidenced by the growth in its 2008 GDP by a strong 6.4 percent...
First, the current treatment regimen requires patients take a cocktail of four drugs, all nearly half a century old, for at least six months. The logistical and financial hurdles associated with paying for and completing treatment, however, virtually guarantee noncompliance and relapse. Second, in a cascade effect, noncompliance selects for drug-resistant strains of the mutated pathogen, precipitating the rise of multi-drug resistant and extremely drug-resistant tuberculosis. Treatment for drug-resistant TB with second-line drugs is astronomically more expensive, more time-intensive, and associated with more toxic side effects. Third, the rise of TB and human immunodeficiency...
Where this book succeeds most is on the level of satire. Unlike in his previous books, Palahniuk does not show his readers a secret or paranormal world, but instead takes one especially familiar to most modern audiences and exaggerates its flaws to significant comic effect. For example in one scene, Katherine Kenton decides to adopt a child, and after an extended perusal of infants, she decides that none of them go with her newly painted walls. There is a similar kind of witty iciness throughout, which gives off the air of certain modern celebrities under the guise of a distant...
...subject of such discrimination, there is no telling just what sort of effect this bill will have on Arizona’s Latino communities, as police are now likely to stop people simply for looking Hispanic. Will Latinos still feel comfortable speaking Spanish, even in the sanctuary of residential areas? Will they still be able to celebrate their cultural heritage in a society that is meant to be pluralistic...