Quilters' busy hands can't quite keep up with deaths in Iraq
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Quilts are being made by Marine Comfort Quilt volunteer group for the families of fallen American soldiers in Iraq. The task looked manageable two years ago with the ceasefire and the group has completed 1,313 quilts but has a backlog of greater than 550. The quilts are made by Jan Lang and military mothers.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2005
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Advice and dissent; be glad Greenspan ignoes IMF urgingsl critics wonder how agency can help poor countries if it can't get U.S. right
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) evaluates the US economy, along with other national economies, in relation to the world at large. However, the US has often ignored the IMF's advice, especially in regard to interest rates.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 1999
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Global vaccine initiative hits snag; U.S. - French discord hinders plan to give drug makers incentive to focus on poor countries
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An international plan to encourage pharmaceutical companies to develop vaccines for developing countries is being hampered by a dispute between the United States and France.
Publication Name: Wall Street Journal. Europe
Subject: Business, international
ISSN: 0921-9986
Year: 2006
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