In his presentation, Herman van Hooff, director of the host organization, provided an overview of the World Heritage Convention, highlighting that the major aim of this standard-setting instrument, which dates back to 1972, is to cover, in one single document, the concepts of cultural preservation and natural conservation.

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In the late 1970s, researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention studied six major snowstorms in Massachusetts (including the record-setting Blizzard of '78), and found that heart disease-related deaths rose by 22 percent in the week following a storm.

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For example, one setting in this book is Ceylon, now called Sri Lanka, a major tea-growing region.

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