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...Iraq for the moment are its girls. Sexual exploitation causes not just physical trauma; there is mental anguish as well. When disowned by their families, such girls are in danger of committing suicide or living the life of a prostitute. The Iraqi government should make it a priority to curb the evil of sex trafficking and rehabilitate its victims. Sunil Kumar Kumawat Sanganer, India...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 5/22/2006 | See Source »

...vice president of the people division (a.k.a. human resources) at Wal-Mart, Chambers has her work cut out for her, with the company's wage, labor and health-care policies under fire. She caught flak last year for a leaked internal memo in which she suggested controversial ways to curb spending on benefits. But Wal-Mart liked her ideas and is rolling out lower-cost health-care initiatives for employees. Chambers will focus on other HR issues, taking part in a new advisory panel on ways to foster diversity and equal-employment ops, for example. "We've spent...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People to Watch in International Business | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

...Iraq for the moment are its girls. Sexual exploitation causes not just physical trauma; there is mental anguish as well. When disowned by their families, such girls are in danger of committing suicide or living the life of a prostitute. The Iraqi government should make it a priority to curb the evil of sex trafficking and rehabilitate its victims. SUNIL KUMAR KUMAWAT Sanganer, India

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: May 22, 2006 | 5/14/2006 | See Source »

...Using curb ramps that are noncompliant with the ADA as an example, Podgers compares the situation of disabled individuals to that of African-Americans before the Civil Rights Movement...

Author: By Virginia A. Fisher and Anna M. Friedman, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: Four Citizens Clamor for City Council’s Ear | 5/10/2006 | See Source »

...perfectly acceptable for a baseball player to, say, receive a cortisone injection in order to ease the pain of an injury and so play up to his full potential. It is the abuse of these drugs by non-ADHD students that is so troubling. The most effective way to curb Adderall abuse would be for colleges to implement anti-doping policies and drug-test students prior to exams. Those who test positive and lack prescriptions would be suspended or expelled from school. While this measure may sound unnecessarily extreme and Big Brother-esque at face value, if it means curtailing...

Author: By Stephen C. Bartenstein, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Wrong Message | 5/8/2006 | See Source »

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