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Americans already have a well-established institution for force-feeding ideology to the next generation of impressionable minds: the family. For the Texas Board of Education, however, the family is not enough. Their decision last week to compel health textbook publishers to define marriage explicitly as the union between a man and a woman goes beyond not only the reasonable bounds for state intervention, but the legal as well...
...most critically praised releases to date, their mesmerizing Sung Tongs. Subverting traditional song structure in a blend called “campfire music on acid,” the Collective manage to be idiosyncratic while still incredibly melodic, and their live show will be enough to compel the most hardened disbeliever. With local psych-rockers Sunburned Hand of the Man. Tickets $10. 9 p.m. T.T. the Bear’s Place...
...audience. "I was sentenced to A.A. on national television," she says during her routine. "That pretty much blows the hell out of the second A." She refers to rehab as "stupid" and argues that not only have A.A. meetings proved ineffective, but it was unconstitutional for a judge to compel her to attend. "I'm an atheist," she says. "Everyone tries to say that God is not a part of A.A., but the third step states pretty clearly that you have to turn yourself over to a higher power...
...magic word "solidarity," the idea that even surgeons should sacrifice to make the health system whole again. "Solidarity," he harrumphs, "has always been against us." In addition to the 10% pay hike, Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy, a cardiologist by training, has offered to invest more in equipment and compel insurers to stabilize malpractice premiums. But Cuq says that's not enough to stave off the protest. "We want immediate and concrete improvements," he says, including rolled-back malpractice rates and substantial hikes in surgical fees, though he hasn't said exactly how much...
...main financial hubs, however, there is a risk that attempts to curtail overly optimistic investments by clamping down on credit will be ineffective, because local lenders may not heed Beijing's edicts. For a nation that was once completely command controlled, the central government has surprisingly few ways to compel regional lenders to obey orders. In Chengdu, for example, capital of Sichuan province 1,500 kilometers from Beijing, a branch of the China Construction Bank recently approved loans to upgrade a steel mill in the town of Panzhihua. Jiang Wen, chief of the bank's business-development department, says...