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...contrast with U.S. practices is hard not to notice. American women visiting France these days have few qualms about going topless. And plenty of young American women are only too happy to playfully flash their wares in exchange for a few beads. In some ways, the puritanical swimsuit now seems to be on the other torso - a new French squeamishness that will doubtless leave some Americans, well, titillated...
Wherever she is in Uganda, Maureen’s surname identifies her as a clan member of the kingdom of Buganda, one of thousands of people who assign social authority to the same group. Wherever I am in America, in contrast, my name identifies me as an individual, with allegiance principally to myself...
...with private plans. Fifty-seven percent support raising taxes on those with annual incomes over $280,000 to pay for the plan. Eighty percent said they would support a bill that required insurance companies to offer coverage to anyone who applies, even those with pre-existing medical conditions. By contrast, a slight plurality of 48% opposed requiring all but the smallest businesses to provide health care, and 56% of Americans opposed taxing employer-provided health care to pay for the cost of covering the nation's uninsured. (Watch TIME's video "Uninsured Again...
...Republicans in Congress. At the same time, Obama received less approval for his handling of health care than for his handling of foreign affairs and the economy. Americans were split evenly, 46% to 46%, when asked if they approved or disapproved of Obama's handling of health care. By contrast, 58% of the same respondents said they approved his foreign affairs management, while 51% approved of his job on the economy. (Read an interview with Obama about health care...
...Obama is doing, and 51% said the country is heading in the right direction. An average of public polls compiled by Pollster.com shows the President's approval rating at 52%, having steadily declined from 64% at the time of Obama's Inauguration on Jan. 20. By contrast, the percentage of Americans in the Pollster.com average who see the country heading on the right track has risen from about 27% at the Inauguration to 37% today...