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...others is not easy. For the MRC, systems for pre-identifying, registering, credentialing, and training volunteers need further development. And despite 2007 federal legislation that codifies the MRC, funding and sustainability challenges remain. But by offering both helping hands and a trusted presence to fellow residents, volunteers can bolster community resilience in this uncertain era of emerging health threats...
...projects because of the faltering economy, others are forging ahead with plans to emulate freshman programs that have long existed at some of the nation's oldest colleges. And these schools are investing in neo--Harvard Yards at least in part to compete better for top students and bolster retention rates, both of which factor into the much studied college rankings by U.S. News & World Report. That raises a question: Freshman-year coddling may help allay the anxieties of helicopter parents, but is the college experience--the time when students are supposed to push boundaries, establish their independence and become...
...forced sale of superregional Wachovia bank to Citi (only to see the deal, in an embarrassing turn, break down when Wells Fargo snatched up Wachovia instead). She got Congress to boost the ceiling on deposit insurance temporarily from $100,000 to $250,000. And in a move to bolster the FDIC's finances, she wants to double the average premium that banks pay to have FDIC insurance...
Many Democrats like to think of Barack Obama as a reincarnated JFK, but his congressional colleagues reached further back in time Monday to resurrect FDR and his pump-priming New Deal jobs program to help bolster a wobbly economy. "We need to address the fragility of markets, the stability of our economy," House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said as she prepared to meet behind closed doors to talk about the contours of a $150 billion stimulus plan with a high-powered squad of liberal economists including Joseph Stiglitz and Lawrence Summers, both of whom held senior posts during the Clinton Administration...
...stance, however, assumes that a female’s most important societal function is anatomically determined: In essence, that she should serve as a womb and a mother before she should act as a holistic human being. By stooping to the level of biological essentialists, organizations like the FFL bolster the idea of an intangible “feminine mystique” and pervert conceptions of modern womanhood...