Word: help
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...lives in a primitive government shelter. Tucked away from the nation's gaze, they are among more than 10,000 severely wounded veterans from the four wars Vietnam has fought since 1945. An additional 300,000 disabled soldiers are scattered throughout Vietnam, doing the best they can without the help of the government. In wheelchairs, the ex- soldiers at Ha Bac move quietly among the low-slung buildings, a poignant and disturbing sight...
Outside, Hanoi's narrow tree-lined streets are filled with bicycles and pedicabs, for private cars are a rarity in the city. In the busy market area, customers crowd into a tiny but popular cafe that serves white coffee with a whipped raw egg to help ward off the pervasive dampness of the rainy season. Around the corner on Hang Gai Street, shoppers wander past privately owned clothing and novelty shops that are little more than window fronts. Nevertheless, they are the busiest stores in Hanoi. One of them is owned by Dao Thi Huan, 71, a retired government worker...
Inflation's new strength and the economy's limpness leave the Federal Reserve with almost no room to make adjustments. Easier credit would worsen inflation, while tighter money could bring on a recession. As a result, many economists have called on Congress to help cool inflation by cutting the budget deficit. That may be an impossible dream, but the specter of stagflation may give Congress one more good reason to do the responsible thing...
When the National Conference of Catholic Bishops hired the public relations firm Hill & Knowlton in early April to help launch an antiabortion campaign, many of the company's employees expressed outrage. More than a third of the 400 workers in its New York City offices signed a protest petition, and at least one client has reportedly canceled its account...
...benefits from this line of research may be huge. In five years, scientists should have perfected a blood test for the gene, to help spot children at risk. And within a decade, doctors may have in hand a drug that either blocks the gene's action or controls some forms of alcoholism by altering the absorption of dopamine. Eventually, with genetic engineering, experts may find a way to eliminate altogether the suspect gene from affected individuals...