Peshawar, Pakistan After decades of work, polio was eradicated almost everywhere in the world. What was left were pockets in Afghanistan and Pakistan. Medical experts had hoped that 2020 would be the last year that the main form of the virus, which could permanently paralyze or cause death, was at …
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ST STIN, TEXAS A few years ago, some blocks on South Congress Avenue in STIN featured a castle-themed wax museum and comic book shop, a neighborhood bar with neighborhood 1 support deals, an auto toe shop and season you, Santa Claus on horseback. Then, in many other places in Stein, …
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A year ago, there was little control over the choice of book at John Radford’s Idho Funds, Idaho-managed Barnes and Noble stores. New York officials decided which title to carry. The retailer’s 600-plus stores were expected to follow that blueprint. Mr. R. Dford stockpiled dozens of James Patterson and John …
Read More »The US economy was laden with debt before Kovid. That’s bad news for retrieval.
The coronavirus ended the longest economic expansion in U.S. history. That was not the only problem. When the U.S. The next deepest downturn was when he was overwhelmed with debt. Why does this matter? Economies that carry a lot of debt usually have a weak recovery. Businesses and consumers focus …
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