Word: tides
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...have been planted in an attempt to counteract the 3 million vehicles that clog the city's streets and whose fumes contribute to pollution so bad that new arrivals invariably develop a racking cough that can plague them for months. More than anything else, perhaps, it is the human tide sweeping Beijing that is remaking the city, with migrant workers from tiny villages in every corner of China standing wide-eyed on the streets, lured by the hundreds of thousands of jobs the boom has created. Then there are those from even farther afield--venture capitalists from San Francisco, artists...
...compatriots in South Africa: We feel positive about our ability to make a tangible impact in the fight against the pandemic. We realize, in the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., “the fierce urgency of now.” We can turn the tide against HIV/AIDS if and when we are all truly united against...
...while his father was locked up in a debtors' prison. Fact and fiction are inseparable in the city of both authors: Dickens may have seen the Thames as "essentially a river of tears and darkness," writes Ackroyd, but "you could aways be sure he knew in which direction the tide was moving." Those tides were vital to London becoming the center of global trade, with the twice-daily rise and fall of the Thames providing an easy passage for trading ships to the heart of the city. By the 16th century an estimated 2,000 vessels and 3,000 watermen...
...tide appears to be shifting. A study similar to the trial in Würzburg is now under way in Amsterdam, and another, slated to begin in mid-October, is currently awaiting final approval by the ethics committee at the University Hospital in Tübingen, Germany. There, in the renowned old research institution in the German southwest, neuro-oncologist Dr. Johannes Rieger wants to enroll patients with glioblastoma and astrocytoma, aggressive brain cancers for which there are hardly any sustainable therapies. Cell culture and animal experiments suggest that these tumors should respond particularly well to low-carb, high...
...Milwaukee, 1-0, on Sunday afternoon.Although Harvard notched the victory on the day, its performance did not come without its own flaws.The Crimson came out flat over the first 20 minutes, as the Panthers controlled possession throughout. But Harvard found its legs midway through, and as a result, the tide of the match changed in the Crimson’s favor, with the ball remaining on the Wisconsin-Milwaukee end of the field as the half came to a close.After 39 minutes, Harvard’s efforts finally paid off. Freshman Katherine Sheeleigh corralled a long pass from the midfield...