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Out of Tibet

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A photographer describes the experience of accompanying three Tibetan children as they escape across the Himalayas to the Dalai Lama's compound in India. Tibetan families send their children on the dangerous journey to escape Chinese persecution.

Author: Johnson, Nancy Jo
Publisher: Time, Inc.
Publication Name: Life
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0024-3019
Year: 1997
Personal narratives, Tibet, Emigration and immigration, Refugees, Tibetan, Tibetan refugees

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One Hundred Years Later

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Plans are now afoot to computerize the Oxford English Dictionary. The project will be undertaken by IBM, the University of Waterloo, Ontario and the Oxford University Press. It will take several years and cost around $10 million.

Publisher: Dalton Communications, Inc.
Publication Name: Office Administration and Automation
Subject: Computers and office automation industries
ISSN: 0745-4325
Year: 1984
Product development, Online, Joint Venture, Dictionary, English

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Depo-Provera: the one-shot contraceptive

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Depo-Provera is a birth control injection that lasts for three months. It has been found to have a breast cancer risk comparable to that of birth control pills, but some women's groups claim any risk is unacceptable.

Author: Conkling, Winifred
Publisher: Conde Nast Publications, Inc.
Publication Name: Mademoiselle
Subject: General interest
ISSN: 0024-9394
Year: 1993
Evaluation, Product/Service Evaluation, Contraceptive drugs, Injectable, Injectable contraceptives, Depo-Provera (Contraceptive)

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