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Dates: during 2000-2009
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It is hard to know if countries will meet these goals. Yesterday, European NATO ministers met in Brussels to discuss the surge and whether they can be counted on to add to the 42,000 NATO troops already in Afghanistan. Rome is reportedly ready to commit 1,000 more troops...

Author: By Clay A. Dumas | Title: Across the Pond | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

Yet easy solutions like these allow modern vampire franchises to completely gloss over some of the darker—and more interesting—questions that the vampire myth raises. For one thing, the modern construction of the vampire no longer involves the idea that immortality comes with a price...

Author: By Adrienne Y. Lee | Title: Raising the Stakes | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

Instead of grappling with their monstrous natures, modern vampire characters are instead kept busy with relationship problems (Edward must explain to Bella that they can’t have sex because he’ll break her bones) or civil-rights issues (“True Blood” vampires...

Author: By Adrienne Y. Lee | Title: Raising the Stakes | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

In a recent letter to Obama, 23 prominent economists identified four provisions that they said "can go a long way toward delivering better health care, and better value, to Americans." They are: ensuring that reform doesn't add to the federal deficit; creating an independent commission to bring Medicare costs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care Reform: What Happened to Cost Controls? | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

Medicare Commission When Obama began his push for reform, he asked Congress to create an independent commission to regulate Medicare costs. Medicare, which spends more than $450 billion a year, is such a huge health care player that any changes it makes can lead the way for reforms in the...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health Care Reform: What Happened to Cost Controls? | 12/4/2009 | See Source »

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