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...this case historically bad) will naturally give pause but should not force Harvard to abandon more risky investments in the future if such investments are the smart choice. The entire Harvard community and even all of Greater Boston feel the loss when financial woes strike Harvard. This shared burden, however, cannot justify a policy of forced, unnecessary conservative investing. The community may suffer with Harvard’s losses, but it benefits from its gains as well. Struggles in Cambridge are also being felt nationwide—Harvard was not the only major employer and investor to suffer in this...
...aging population and a burdensome bureaucracy. About 90% of Germany's 82 million people are covered by the country's public health insurance companies, which are currently funded by contributions from employers and employees. Merkel's reform plan is expected to include a freeze on employer contributions - shifting the burden to individuals - and the creation of a government commission to study the possibility of moving from income-based contributions to a flat-rate health insurance charge. Union leaders say the unemployed and pensioners would suffer the most under such a system. "There'll be plenty of bitter conflicts over...
...extra deaths caused by the additional exposure. If nothing is done to reduce emissions, that number could rise to 87,000 as soon as 2012, according to a 2009 report co-written by Corbett. Since six of the seven busiest ports in the world are in Asia, the health burden falls largely on port cities like Singapore, Hong Kong and Shanghai...
...Committee To Save Detroit," paradoxically, featured no leaders from the health professions. Detroit has a higher burden of chronic diseases like asthma and diabetes than many comparable metropolitan areas. The city is a primary-health-care-provider desert. Hundreds of thousands of people lack insurance or are underinsured. Millions of dollars are spent each year on uncompensated care for its citizens. Detroit will not rise again unless the health of its citizens rises first. William Nettleton, Detroit...
...actually share DNA. But as awful as it must have been to live through, it's the family schism that allows Kings of Leon to get away with lyrical murder. Plenty of bands sing about sex, but Kings of Leon use their history to suggest that sex eases the burden of their shattered innocence, and they make music about it to reinforce their fraternal connection. They're aching emotional savants with deep wounds that require constant, uh, licking. They've made rock 'n' roll their new savior, and what music fan would argue with the logic of that...