“[Thursday is the 18th annual World AIDS Day, a time for countless statements of concern and commitment from world leaders, thousands of commemorations and remembrances, and reams of statistics. One important article has already appeared on this page, by Jim Yong Kim, the highly respected director of the HIV-AIDS Department of the World Health Organization [Nov. 23]. After recounting the grim statistics -- 3 million deaths in the past year alone, 5 million new infections this year, rising infection rates in nearly every part of the world and an admission that] good news is hard to find in the new U.N. report ... optimistic that the epidemic can be stopped.”
Yong Kim
“I'm afraid of heavy rain that will fall on earth from world Leaders”
Francis Mathew
“Looking into the eyes of world leaders, I saw destruction and wickedness.”
“Cabrini spends approximately $10 million annually on institutional financial aid, which represents over one-fifth of the annual operating budget. Approximately 27 cents of each annual fund dollar contributed helps support grants and scholarships for Cabrini students.”
Jean Jacobson
“As of now, the annual financial aid to India is in the range of one to 1.5 billion dollars a year. ADB will increase this to two to 2.25 billion dollars.”
Haruhiko Kuroda
“We estimate that organic growth of this company is about 10% (annually) and they've targeted 20% annual growth over the next five years. There are a lot of acquisitions built into that.”
Charles Di Bona
“Where annual elections end, there slavery begins”
John Adams