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Cluster headaches, which are distinct from migraines, affect about one in every 1,000 people...
...provision in the Wall Street bailout bill that requires insurers to provide the same coverage for mental illnesses as for physical ones. Domenici, whose daughter suffers from schizophrenia, had pushed for more than a decade to bar insurers from limiting coverage of mental illnesses. The new rule could affect policies for 113 million people. But not all riders in the $700 billion package will have such widespread appeal...
...adopted when he took office to increase public commitment to the issue. “There is a big gap between what [people] say regarding the environment and how they respect the environment regarding individual actions,” Dimas said. “As consumers they can affect the economy. As voters they can affect politicians.” Dimas also credited the media’s commitment to covering and prioritizing environmental stories as “very important in changing public opinion.” Regardless of the lack of current environmental policy in the United States...
...most advanced economy, from the motherland of some of the brightest economists we have, from the sector that was considered to be the safest in the world: America.” But Zuluaga said he thought that although the waves from the financial fiasco from the U.S. might affect the Colombian economy, the country will still enjoy “a higher growth potential compared to its historical performance.” Audience member Maria P. Mogollon ’03, who is in her second year at Harvard Business School and is the president of the Colombia Caucus...
...That's hardly certain yet, especially since younger voters will still have to prove they can keep up with their elders, who are famous for turnout rates as high as 80% in Florida. They will also have to show that they can affect the vote of Florida blocs like African-Americans and Latinos. Florida's 1.3 million registered black voters, so many of whom felt disenfranchised in the 2000 Florida recount debacle, were uninspired by Democratic candidate John Kerry in 2004 and are a question mark in 2008. As a result, "to a large degree we're counting on young...