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...That frustrated generosity, however, has since served to catalyze a new chapter for public health. As a former Massachusetts state commissioner of public health who served during the national challenges of 9/11 and the anthrax scare, I believe our future depends on talents drawn from every untapped resource. Our country has long enjoyed the proud national volunteer traditions embodied by the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps and similarly directed initiatives. Public health in the 21st century can also tap this rich reservoir of good will, as seen on September...
...science behind a hot, flat, and crowded world is relatively deep, and he expresses moving concern about America’s role in fostering responsible economic growth in emerging markets. But all of this becomes diluted in Friedman’s attempt to make his message user-friendly. His chapters feature a preponderance of italicized, monosyllabic words, saccharine metaphors (“we are all sailing on the Mayflower anew”) and a cut-and-paste frenzy of recent news articles that make some of the chapters read like a LexisNexis power search. The book is uneven because...
...Eisenach after the Berlin Wall fell in 1989, and it pulled an army of suppliers and service companies in its wake. On Adam Opel Street, Lear Corporation makes seats for the Corsa, while parts makers Mitec AG and Robert Bosch are across town. Uwe Laubach, head of the local chapter of the IG Metall union, says as many as 900 temporary workers in the local auto industry have lost their jobs in recent weeks. "The situation is dramatic," says Michael Lison, head of the industry association Automotive Thüringen...
...than 100 miles to the south, teachers in Soquel, Calif., voluntarily agreed earlier this month to stop wearing their "Educate Obama" buttons after one parent, a McCain supporter, complained. And in Virginia, a teachers union was recently forced to defend an e-mail it sent in late September asking chapter leaders to "register two new voters or talk to two people who may still be on the fence." State Republicans attacked the memo, asserting that teachers were attempting to influence students' votes - an accusation the union denies. "Teachers hold an important and respected role in our society," Virginia Education Association...
Another sad chapter in Cambodia's history of violence came to a close on Tuesday with the sentencing of four former Khmer Rouge rebels for the abduction and murder of British mine clearance expert Christopher Howes and his Cambodian interpreter, Houn Hourth...