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There is anxiety, of course. And that has fueled some support for a bailout - or a "buy-in or rescue," as Jesse Stone, a bankruptcy attorney and chairman of the Burke County Republican Committee, calls it. "I hate that it has to be done, but I don't know of any other alternative. I'm just afraid that credit will dry up and the markets will plunge further. My whole retirement is based on what I have invested, and that could be wiped out." (Stone's Representative, a Democrat, did not support the bill in Congress...
...There's little research on what makes for a successful merit-pay system, but several factors seem critical, says Matthew Springer, director of the National Center on Performance Incentives at Vanderbilt University. Denver's program includes many of them: a careful effort to earn teacher buy-in to the plan, clarity about how it works, multiple ways of measuring merit, rewards for teamwork and schoolwide success, and reliable financing. In fact, Denver's voters agreed to pay an extra $25 million a year in taxes for nine years to support the program...
...table under the gazebo, Ryan, 16, and his friends are playing poker for money, a pastime that many would consider at least inappropriate for kids and that is outright illegal in some states. It doesn't matter that the teenagers are playing a $5 buy-in poker game so excruciatingly slow that it would take a fortnight to run through Ryan's allowance. Gambling is gambling, and with today's endless hand wringing about kids and distractions, it is a scourge, a gateway to a lifetime of misbehavior and penury...
...pelt dealers across the central Indian state of Maharashtra, the hunt begins with a tip-off from informants or rival dealers. Then you arrange a pelt showing. When the dealer unfurls his roll of pelts, you sniff each skin to check its quality. After that, you arrange the buy-in the midst of which the police pounce, arresting the dealer. This hunt can take months, only to be followed by the legal battle, which can take years. "It's not just about nabbing and nailing them in the act," says Desai...
...said yes because we believe that there is a lot of potential. The only question which is open is, how much of this potential can we reasonably deliver? And what kind of organization will need to deliver that? And will we have a complete buy-in from all the parties involved? Because this is an important question... We said from the beginning, it's going to be friendly, collaborative...