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American Cities Shed |
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| The nation’s middle class is shrinking. Between 1970 and 2000, middle-class neighborhoods in the 100 largest cities in the nation dropped from 58 to 41 percent, outstripping the corresponding drop in mid-level incomes from 28 to 22 percent. While 55 percent of low-income families lived in middle-class neighborhoods in 1970, only 37 percent did in 2000. |
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The Truly Super Supe |
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| Many watched helplessly this past summer as St. Louis suffered through a torturous blackout and dozens of Californians died during an unprecedented heat wave that sapped electrical power and immobilized the grid in places. |
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The Lean, Mean World |
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| Wal-Mart’s business model is deceptively simple: It sells a wide variety of products at the lowest price in any market it enters. It can sell at the lowest price because it relentlessly drives down its costs via scale-related economies. |
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월드와이드웹(WWW)에서 금광 찾기 |
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| 오닐슨(Nielsen) 조사에 따르면, 요즘 평범한 미국인들의 매월 인터넷 사용 시간은 59시간이다. 이 시간 동안 미국인들은 약 90개의 웹사이트를 방문하고, 2,621개의 웹 페이지를 보며, 페이스북(Facebook)에서 7시간을 보낸다.
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Science Is Profoundl |
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| Since 1945, mankind’s worst nightmare has been nuclear weapons. But, for the next generation, the worst nightmare is likely to be biological weapons. |
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