Several years back, I visited Iceland in the dead of winter. I was researching a book on global happiness, and the small Nordic nation intrigued me. What was this country, adrift in the freezing North Atlantic, doing 41 atop the world's happiness rankings?

 In pursuit of answers, I buttonholed anyone willing to talk, dined on rotten shark, drank excessively, and, of course, 42 a dip in the Blue Lagoon, the otherworldly geothermal waters that have become synonymous with Icelandic bliss. Shortly after I left, Iceland's largest banks 43 belly up and the nation's economy teetered on the verge of 

     Innovative technologies and new operational concepts will revolutionize maritime emergency response. Global satellites will 51 distress alerts within minutes, from any maritime region. Electronic 52 devices, advances in satellite-based sensors, and worldwide vessel tracking systems will make it easier to find those 53 . Coast Guard search efforts will not be hampered by darkness or reduced 54 . Remotely piloted vehicles coupled with automated 55 systems will further reduce search times and improve recovery success.

        There is a(n)  27  – a surprising, opposite result – to all this dieting. While many people are becoming thin, other people are becoming overweight. More people are overweight than in the past! In many countries, there is a  28  problem with obesity. There are two main reasons. First, these days, many people often go to fast-food restaurants. At these restaurants, many of the foods (such as fried potatoes and deep-fried meat) are  29  in fat, so are some of the dairy products. Second, dieting doesn’t often work. Sometimes people  30  weight fast, but they usually gain it back again. Almost 95 percent of all people gain back weight after  31  . One problem with obesity is easy to see: overweight people have more sicknesses, such as heart disease and diabetes. (excerpted from Interactions Access by McGraw-Hill, 2007)