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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...
...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...
...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
...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...
...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...