Emerging markets: hang on to your hat
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Emerging markets are not for the faint of heart because they offer investors the opportunity for tripple-digit performance returns or spectacular collapses. Emerging markets were promoted in the 1980s by the World Bank to encourage investment in developing countries, in 1998 there are more than 80 bourses in the emerging market.
Publication Name: Personal Investment
Subject: Personal finance
ISSN: 0813-2992
Year: 1998
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Will we survive?
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New drug-resistant viruses such as HIV threaten human survival, yet the evolution of the immune system, in building up more defenses against disease through time, offers hope in conquering epidemics. Research on the therapeutic use of the immune system may also increase disease resistance.
Publication Name: Scientific American
Subject: Science and technology
ISSN: 0036-8733
Year: 1993
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Pregnant and sexy
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A discussion on the reaction of men to their pregnant wives is presented. Many of the men found their pregnant wives sexually desirable.
Publication Name: American Baby
Subject: Women's issues/gender studies
ISSN: 0044-7544
Year: 1999
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