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...today Superfund is a program under siege, plagued by partisan politics, industry stonewalling and bureaucratic inertia. The U.S. government has spent $27 billion on the effort and forced individual polluters to spend an additional $21 billion. Love Canal, the deadly dump in New York State that spurred the law's passage, has been capped with a layer of clay, and the EPA proposed last month to take it off the list. So far, 278 sites have been delisted. But there are thousands more out there. According to the General Accounting Office (GAO), 1 out of 4 Americans still lives within...
...excited to get this job," Borayev says. "It uses my language, and it's in the same field as my degree." He worked happily as a contract employee for almost two years until this spring, when a tax bill close to $2,000 and a $1,000 emergency root canal pushed the drawbacks of perma-temping right in his face. "Of course I'd really rather have all the benefits I hear people talking about, since I work pretty much full time here," Borayev says. "I'll keep working at this, and hopefully they might take me as a full...
...course, there are risks associated with natural childbirth too. During difficult deliveries, in which the mother is pushing for three or more hours, a baby can suffocate or sustain brain damage in the birth canal. Moreover, up to 5% of vaginal deliveries result in severe tearing of the mother's perineum, which can lead to incontinence and an excruciating recovery...
...phone networks in Europe, Asia and Australia, though analysts are questioning Li's unprofitable investments in next-generation, or 3G, mobile-phone networks. It has major retail holdings in Europe (Superdrug) and Hong Kong, and also owns ports in the Americas, including those at each end of the Panama Canal...
Long said her injuries included bumps and bruises all along the back of her head. Pearson said, in addition to suffering from bruises, he had to have an emergency root canal Sunday...