1.   Anyone visiting Cuc Phuong in the spring should watch out for leeches, which appear beginning in late February and disappear during the fall dry season.

2.   A new advertising campaign, which will appear beginning next week, pushes hard on the equity theme.

3.   Fourth-grade curriculum is similar around the world, but gaps appear beginning in eighth grade, the study said.

4.   The benefits of those efforts should appear beginning next year, but Murray said they are not being held to any short-term standard.