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“... of the 19th century and ‘diversifying into distinct lineages associated with the First World War, Second World War and various conflicts or natural disasters across Africa, Asia and Central America’. Another recent study focused on strains collected worldwide since the mid-20th century; it concluded that a common ...”

“... My parents were self-made immigrants who never completed their secondary education. Displaced by war and poverty, their families survived by focusing on food and such inflation-proof assets as diamonds and property. The material plenitude my parents showered on their children did not include books because, as my father once asked about poetry, what was the point?My parents didn’t get libraries, though they appreciated that they were free, while being disturbed that library books, like the handrails on public staircases we were warned not to touch, bore the imprints of countless strange and unhygienic hands ...”

“... criteria such as how many bills they get passed. We judge Lincoln by how he handled the Civil War and Roosevelt by how he handled the Depression. Obama came to the presidency at a potentially momentous crossroads, when the neoliberal order was deeply discredited because of the disaster in Iraq and the financial crisis. In that context, Obama was the ...”

“... people who have so far died from the virus, almost two-thirds are poor, and one-third are middle class. Most of the police murders have taken place in Cali, with 22 dead between 28 April and 3 May. The police were filmed using automatic weapons with a range of 500 metres, as well as shooting at demonstrators from tanks, helicopters and motorcycles, and ...”