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Nostalgia drives comeback for Communist-era hits - FeatureWarsaw - Many Communist-era products disappeared from store shelves in Eastern Europe post 1989, unable to compete with Western imports after the Iron Curtain fell. But others have survived, and some ...
Canadastandard.com Wednesday, October 21, 2009Africa and Asian 'East Germans' nostalgic for the GDR - FeatureMaputo, Mozambique/Hanoi - As West and East Germans reunited across the rubble of the Berlin Wall in 1989, tens of thousands of contract workers from East Germany's (GDR) Socialist allies were prepari...
Canadastandard.com Wednesday, October 21, 2009In Schools Post, Thompson Was a ConciliatorIn the contentious world of New York City schools under Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, William C. Thompson Jr. stayed in the background.
New York Times Wednesday, October 21, 2009Learning Russian all the rage in Taiwan since Communism fell - FeatureTaipei - When Li Hsi-mei was studying Russian at university in the 1970s, it all seemed rather pointless, as anti-Communist Taiwan had no ties with the Soviet Union. Today, however, Russian language courses are popular in Taiwan, with many students e...
Earth Times Wednesday, October 21, 2009School Meal Recommendations: Less Sodium, More Fruits and VeggiesBy Laura Misjak - Improving
school lunch nutrition - by serving more fruits and vegetables and cutting sodium and fat - won't be cheap, according to a report commissioned by the Department of Agriculture.
Kansas City InfoZine Wednesday, October 21, 2009"Lights on Afterschool" Will be Observed This WeekNew report says 32% of Missouri students are on their own after 3 p.m.
Kansas City InfoZine Wednesday, October 21, 2009High Blood Pressure Medicines Show Promise for Treating Heart DiseaseReport found that existing studies provide few data on the medications' benefits or harms in specific populations such as people of different genders, ethnicity, diabetic status or those who have or don't have high blood pressure.
Kansas City InfoZine Wednesday, October 21, 2009Updated Data From Randomized Controlled Phase II Study Evaluating Oral Apremilast In Psoriatic Arthritis Demonstrates Sustained Response At Six Months0 posts Celgene Corporation (NASDAQ: CELG)
announced that updated results of a phase II, multi-center, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled, three-arm study of apremilast in adult patients wit...
Canadastandard.com Wednesday, October 21, 2009Ackerman announces his retirementChairman of the Pick n Pay Group Raymond Ackerman will retire at the end of the financial year, the listed retailer said on Wednesday. "Our chairman, Raymond Ackerman, has indicated his wish to ret...
Canadastandard.com Wednesday, October 21, 2009Dos and Don?ts of Attending ConferencesIf you plan on a career in academia, you'll likely attend a great many academic conferences. Intended to provide professionals a means of gathering to disseminate their
research, conferences are an important resource for professional development, advancement, and networking. Inside Higher Ed's Eszter Hargittai discusses how to take advantage of academic conferences. Dos and Don?ts of Attending Conferences originally appeared on About.com Graduate
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