Mon, April 9th 2001

abc Net Australia

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From: "US and China Send Mixed Signals Over Spy Plane."
By Michael Carey

"Meanwhile, diplomats on both sides are talking up the prospect of a settlement via a joint communique, that if agreed to by both Presidents might see the 24 crew members leaving China in the next few days".

abc net Australia - Worldtoday

From: "To HRT or not to HRT (Hormone Replacement Therapy)"

"ANNE BARKER: Professor John Marley and his colleagues at Adelaide University, are about to begin recruiting 1,000 women, to take part in an international study on HRT that will take 20 years to complete."

"Every woman taking part will receive regular tablets, over 10 years. But, they won't know if they're the real thing, or just a placebo. And, for another 10 years afterwards, they'll be monitored for the side effects."

abc net Australia

Sunday 1/04/01

From: "The Barton Lectures Part 8"

"The new differences between women"

by Professor Lois Bryson

"If flexible employment options can be genuinely family friendly and if they do not seriously disadvantage with respect to economic, power and status rewards, and if partners actually take their half share and not just 'help', then this next phase of modernity could come close to fulfilling feminist dreams for change. But these are all big asks..."

abc net Australia

4/03/01

From:The Barton Lectures Part 4

Recognition of the Past…Reconciliation in the Future…Restitution Now.

By Lydia Miller

"If recognition of the past equates with our wisdom and reconciliation is our hope for a shared future, then surely restitution is the journey toward our destination as a community and a nation..."

25/02/01

From:"Recognising Diversity"

by Mary Kalantzis

"Had it been possible in this moment to remember truly, we would have been able to take enormous pride not only in what’s the same about Australia in 2001 as in 1901..."

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From: "As novelty wears off, time spent surfing Web declines"
By Stephanie Stoughton

"It was such a bother, "Kiley said. "It required a lot of supervision on my part to make sure they stayed focused. And if they wander off, they might find something they're not supposed to."

From: "Spy plane dispute imperils relations beyond politics"
By John Donnelly

President Bush is expected to decide within three weeks whether to sell destroyers with advanced weapons systems to Taiwan; if he does, and hard-liners are pressing for the sale, Chinese officials and citizens will react with great anger.

""If you look at it through Samuel Huntington's clash of civilizations theory," Mead said, referring to the Harvard political scientist, ''you have the US as the captain of the West and China as the captain of the rest.'' In more conventional terms, he said, if the United States is viewed as having ''a global hegemonic role in the world, China is not satisfied with the idea that there should be global hegemonism at all." ""If you're looking closely at what's transpiring on the ground in China in terms of social change, you see a system under a lot of stress, tremendous economic stress," said Elizabeth C. Economy, a senior fellow on China at the Council on Foreign Relations."

Los Angeles Times

From: "Toledo-Garcia Showdown Looms in Peru -Exit Polls"
By Jude Webber

"If the exit polls were confirmed, it would be a stunning comeback for the charismatic Garcia, a silver-tongued orator whose 1985-90 government left Peru with hyperinflation, a debt crisis, daily food lines and rampant rebel violence. Toledo's camp said he would only comment when more firm results were known but a delighted Garcia told reporters he was "calmly awaiting confirmation of these projections."

From:"Cheap Drugs are Only Part of Weapons Against AIDS"
By Ann M. Simmons

"If this area was flooded with cheaper drugs, we would be very happy because we would definitely use them," said Tony Moll, a senior doctor at the hospital. Fully 36% of the adults in KwaZulu-Natal province are infected. Moll estimated that, without proper treatment, 70,000 of Msinga district's 350,000 people will die within 10 years."

"The AIDS epidemic has underlined all the deficiencies of the public health system," Gazi

"If I could take a mother from dying with a 3-year-old or 5-year-old child to dying with a 15-year-old, that would be magic," Moll said. "It comes down to the impact on the individual and just being able to keep a breadwinner or caregiver in the home."

The Washington Post

From: "Cherry Blossom at Best Bets"
by Jen Chaney

"If we all keep our fingers crossed throughout the entire month of March, maybe the cherry blossoms will actually be at peak bloom when the Cherry Blossom Festival gets underway."

"If the sight of all those cherry blossoms make you want to go for a scenic run, you'll finally get your wish April 8, when the Cherry Blossom 10-Mile Run is held..."

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Here are some excerpts from popular songs. The conditionals most of the time are used to express hypothetical situations. Unfortunately, we are unable to provide the complete lyrics of each song, but this is just an idea to help you with your conditionals search along the songs.

U2 - Walk On

"...and if darkness is to keep us apart, and if daylight feels like it's a long way off, and if your glass heart should crack, and for a second you turn back, oh no be strong..."

Faith Hill - The Way you Love me

"...If I could grant you one wish, I wish you could see the way you kiss..."

Christina Aguilera - Genie in a Bottle

"If you wanna be with me, baby there is a price to pay..."
"If you wanna be with me, I can make your wish come true..."

Three Doors Down - Kryptonite

"If I go crazy then, will you still call me Superman..."

"...If I'm alive and well, will you be there holding my hand..."

Savage Garden - Crash and Burn

"If you need to fall apart, I can mend a broken heart..."

"If you need to crash, then crash and burn, you're not alone..."

Lenny Kravitz - Again

"I wonder if I'll ever see you again and if that day comes I know we could win..."

INXS - Searching

"If you could face the pain and I could do the same, it would be clear tomorrow."

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