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...Basic communication, meanwhile, has ground to a halt. Schuster says that many of her friends' cell phones don't work, given the ways in which the electrical outages have affected cell towers. Without televisions to rely on, many people are turning to the radio for updates. She's kept in touch with many of her friends via Facebook - "just about anyone who lives in Louisville has updated their status to talk about what they've seen, or to tell people where they're staying." As the week-long waiting game continues, Schuster says it's the small miracles that...
...weeks, according to Casey. Harvard has used its clout to push hard for more federal science funding, and Casey said that its representatives have been on Capitol Hill, arguing directly to senators and house members that such a sweeping economic stimulus package would be incomplete without funding for basic research and “intellectual infrastructure.” Earlier this month, the Massachusetts Life Science Collaborative—co-chaired by University President Drew G. Faust and the heads of MIT, Genzyme Corporation, and the University of Massachusetts—wrote a letter to the state congressional delegation advocating...
...other big challenge Iran faces is offering universal health coverage. While primary and basic secondary health care are free, there are stark discrepancies when it comes to surgery and hospital care. Three decades into the revolution, some worry that without greater institutional commitment at the top, the initial enthusiasm that propelled the volunteer network could wane. "This engine is still thriving on its first start. It's like a car rolling down a hill with high speed," says Malek-Afzali. "Even if you stop pushing the gas pedal, it's going to roll." He is concerned that his brainchild could...
...beginning to wonder if anyone reads basic economics anymore. It has been widely understood for centuries that government does not create wealth; it merely redistributes it. The stimulus plan can be summarized as follows: we are going to borrow a trillion dollars from foreigners and spend it on a mile-long list of pork-barrel projects that we don't immediately need (or else we would have found another way to pay for them) and hope this gets us out of the recession. Did I miss something? There is a growing consensus among historians and economists that World...
...really don't consider themselves being a part of Diyala province," said Thompson at a U.S. base outside Baquba. "You talk to folks, and they're like, 'Governor who? Governor Ra'ad? He never visits us. We don't get anything from Diyala province.' ... The Kurds provide for basic needs. If you've got good, clean water, predictable electricity, roads are being built, kids are going to school, and the quality of life is O.K., then guess where your loyalties and allegiances are going...