"Jodie is a multifaceted woman that has achieved immeasurable amounts of success and will continue to do so in her career, " HFPA president Aida Takla-O'Reilly said in a statement.

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But Elzy was preparing the role of Verdi's Ethiopian princess Aida, when in 1943, she had to have surgery.

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But according to Takuji Aida, an economist at UBS in Japan, long-term yields remained very low because of deflationary expectations, thereby flattening the yield curve (the difference between short- and long-term interest rates).

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Ms. AIDA GIRMA (UNICEF): The problem of girls' education is an issue in most countries in Africa, indeed, in developing countries.

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