Word: alongism
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...before then, with the President's backing, the right technology and the monetary carrots to motivate doctors now, Tampa is convinced it will become the first fully wired health-care city. City officials, along with their U.S. Senator Bill Nelson, are holding out for a portion of the stimulus package, in the neighborhood of an additional $18 million, which will guarantee that their program will reach all 8,000 doctors in the Tampa area. "We will literally change the DNA of health care one doctor at a time," says Klasko. Such genetic therapy isn't always easy...
...enter the Adams Artspace, you notice blue balloons—bright pops of color against the grey concrete—spilling out of the room, scattering all along the dark, narrow corridor. Breathe in, and you inhale the warm smell of latex, so reminiscent of childhood birthday parties. Pull aside the curtain, and behold an ocean of “6000 Balloons...
...background for digesting the news that Barack Obama's honeymoon in the corridors of power has come to an abrupt end - even as opinion polls show that the public remains by his side. To most grownups, seven weeks is an eyeblink (in baseball it's called spring training), but along the Acela line it is much ... too ... long to wait for Obama to fix the economy. And so the doomsday chorus began: He's trying to do too much. He's doing too little. His bank bailout is too complicated. His health-care plan is hollow. The great orator...
...career in the drug trade as an apprentice of "El Padrino" (Godfather) Miguel Angel Felix Gallardo, who once headed Mexico's most powerful drug cartel. Guzman founded his own cartel in 1980, quickly establishing posts in 17 Mexican states. Sinaloa, his organization, takes its name from a Mexican state along the Pacific coast long known as a hotbed for drug trafficking. After Gallardo's arrest in 1989, Guzman inherited some of his territory...
...community. At this point in time the United States has reconfirmed and recognized the fact that such disputes will not be settled by a single country. In other words, when it comes to an exercise of power by the United States alone, then Japan is not able to go along. But if the international dispute settlement is arranged within the U.N. framework, with the cooperation of the international community, then my view is that Japan should be proactive in rendering support as much as possible. That position is starkly different from the position taken...