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That market has enjoyed a little-noticed recovery over the past two years, as the price of uranium has crept back to more than $10 a lb. from its all-time, inflation-adjusted low of $7.10 at the end of 2000. Demand for uranium has risen steadily over the past decade, as stockpiles have dwindled and nuclear-power plants have increased their output. The U.S. nuclear-power industry generated a record 778 billion kW-h in 2002. That year marked the third consecutive all-time annual high, and experts estimate that 2003 will continue the streak...
...superpowers are friendly to our interests, and where the proliferation of nuclear knowledge is a threat. In these conditions that are vaguely reminiscent of the Cold War, we must ensure that we not only protect our own secrets but also have superior information on developments abroad. The FBI has risen supremely to this task in its new efforts aimed at recruiting Chinese students as potential informants about the development of China’s nuclear arsenal. The information these students can provide might prove essential in preventing nuclear proliferation and keeping all Americans safe from global threats. A second official...
...last June, was listed at $4,500 when I visited it. By the time I'd got home, the agent called to announce a teeny change: the price was actually $5,000. By the time I called back to tell her we might still be interested, the price had risen to $5,500. Not even the Turkish lira inflates as quickly as rent for a Shanghai apartment. In the end, we finally settled on a unit in a 1930s apartment building built during Shanghai's last great boom. Once, the Grosvenor House was one of the most prestigious buildings...
...number of leading female parts has risen. Emily J. Carmichael ’04, who is directing a play she wrote called Stopover, will cast four main roles, all women. Both shows on the Mainstage—the largest and most challenging space on campus—are looking for 12 men and 8 women...
...romance novels are read by 51 million Americans. They account for more than half of all paperback fiction sold in the U.S. If you thought feminism, postmodernism and the Internet had done away with the romance novel, think again. The number of romance-novel readers in the U.S. has risen 18% since 1998. One reason: romance novels are changing. Julia Quinn, whose The Further Observations of Lady Whistledown (Avon; 391 pages) tells the story of Ballister and Renminster, is one of the people changing them...