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Book Review 28: Stories Of AIDS In Africa Stephanie Nolen
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I'm sure most people have noticed how numbers play this strange trick on the human mind; the higher they get the less meaning they have. I mean when somebody mentions the size of the American government's deficit as being in the trillions of dollars, does anybody really understand what that means? Or if they do why aren't they as upset about it as let's say you or I are about our personal debts that may only amount to a few thousand dollars? The whole, the higher the number the less it means is especially telling when dealing with casualty figures.
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