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...course, a number of reasons to object to sharing the cost of new employees at private enterprises. The system is subject to fraud. That is accurate, but if the IRS monitors the wages of the people being hired at least the government would have a reasonably accurate count of workers and what they are paid. Businesses that will lie to the IRS are likely to lie to almost any branch of government. It is in their character...
...lead author and an epidemiologist at Brigham Young University, "if you consider every factor that extends life expectancy and add them up, you almost always end up with more than a 100% improvement." This is because many of the factors overlap, so scientists must take care not to count an extra week, say, as an extra two or three weeks...
...extraordinary land in which one can be transported by hot-air balloon into the Land of Sweets where imagination can triumph. It is virtually impossible to destroy, thanks to its timeless Tchaikovsky score—the “Sugarplum Fairy” variation surely has a higher play count than even the most standard of Christmas tunes—and its precious characters. Thankfully, Mikko Nissinen, artistic director of Boston Ballet, has not ventured into the common practice, as of late, of creating some innovative, delirious hallucinogen with no ties to the original, beautiful children’s tale...
...first meetings on Capitol Hill after taking the job was with the Senate GOP leadership. "He gave us all his personal cell-phone" number, said Nevada Senator John Ensign. "He said he promised to get back to us on issues within 24 hours." But Emanuel cannot count on these moments of goodwill to last for long. The position is not one for anybody who craves job security. Typically, chiefs of staff burn out or are eased out in less than two-and-a-half years. The last one to survive an entire presidency was John R. Steelman, a onetime hobo...
...between Obama and Hillary Clinton, though many observers suspected his sympathies lay with the Chicagoan. Once that battle was over, Emanuel quickly established himself as one of Obama's closest advisers. "He was very helpful," Axelrod recalls. "They have a really candid but respectful relationship. [Obama] knows he can count on Rahm for unvarnished advice." By midsummer, Axelrod says, the President-to-be was privately telling advisers that Emanuel would make an excellent White House chief of staff "if we win this thing...