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Since the turn of the century, Ethiopia has experienced a two-thirds drop in its HIV rate.
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Jennifer Lotito, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Dickson Lee/South China Morning Post via Getty Images Gu Chujun was born in a rural area of eastern China 66 years ago and rose to become, according to Forbes magazine, one of China's richest entrepreneurs around the turn of the century.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
Manufacturing is not the ticket to success Employment in the US manufacturing industry began to decline after reaching a peak in the late 1970s, according to Labor Department data, shrinking by an even faster pace around the turn of the century.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Since the turn of the century, the U.S. has experienced multiple recessions, including the dot-com recession, the Great Recession from 2007 to 2009, and the economic downturn spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
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Jennifer Lotito, Forbes.com, 16 Apr. 2025
Dickson Lee/South China Morning Post via Getty Images Gu Chujun was born in a rural area of eastern China 66 years ago and rose to become, according to Forbes magazine, one of China's richest entrepreneurs around the turn of the century.
—Anthony Kuhn, NPR, 11 Apr. 2025
Manufacturing is not the ticket to success Employment in the US manufacturing industry began to decline after reaching a peak in the late 1970s, according to Labor Department data, shrinking by an even faster pace around the turn of the century.
—Bryan Mena, CNN Money, 8 Apr. 2025
Since the turn of the century, the U.S. has experienced multiple recessions, including the dot-com recession, the Great Recession from 2007 to 2009, and the economic downturn spurred by the COVID-19 pandemic.
—Solcyré Burga, Time, 8 Apr. 2025
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