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...first to benefit. In addition, the Health Care Authority has two years to develop two different proposals for implementing and paying for the state's universal coverage. Under one plan, a select group of insurers would negotiate for the state's business. Under the other, Vermont would adopt a Canadian-style health-care program in which the state acts as its own insurer...
Cambridge may adopt a new affirmative action system in order to ensure city residents, minorities and women employment in the construction and development industries...
...silence while a shareholder, retired C.P.A. Joseph Cestello, scolded them for their "outrageously generous" compensation, including stock options and hefty retirement pay. Cestello even suggested that the company's board resign "for lack of oversight" and demanded that Equimark, whose losses totaled $148 million in the past two years, adopt policies that would tie pay to performance...
...testimony to the continued stigma of rape, only 16% of the assaults are reported. Half the victims surveyed said they would be "much more likely" to go to the police if assured their name would not be used. As a result, the survey's authors recommended that more states adopt laws to keep the names of rape victims confidential...
What proponents of ending Harvard's role in acquaintance rape cases fail to acknowledge is that Harvard is free to adopt behavioral standards stricter than those written in criminal...