Noor's family paid a price for the association with Americans.

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The former professor discoursing about Vietnamese history as he gives tours around Hue, having been blacklisted from better work because of a past association with the Americans.

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While a sponsor's objective in a stadium rights deal is exposure and association with the uplifting aura of Americans at play, a team's goal is the cash.

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In a study published last year in the American Heart Association journal Circulation: Cardiovascular Quality and Outcomes, African-Americans with heart disease who practiced Transcendental Meditation regularly were 48% less likely to have a heart attack or stroke, or to die, than those who attended a health-education class.

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According to Small Business Association figures, about six million Americans a year make the bold leap onto the startup path, with many more worldwide, and many have no corporate safety net to fall back on.

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More than 15 million Americans are providing unpaid care for a person with dementia, according to the Alzheimer's Association.

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One in five Americans suffers from a mental illness, says Jennifer Heffron, an attorney with the National Mental Health Association.

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More than 5 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's, according to the U.S. Alzheimer's Association, and there are no good treatments to prevent the dementia and memory loss caused by the disease.

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The results of the current trial, presented by Halperin at the annual scientific sessions of the American Heart Association, focused on patients with atrial fibrillation, a condition that increases the risk of stroke fivefold and afflicts 2 million Americans.

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