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...explicitly not recognizing gay marriages performed outside of California, Proposition 22 serves as a preemptive strike against states, such as Hawaii and Vermont, which have been flirting with allowing same-sex unions. (Under existing laws, states are bound to recognize marriages performed in other states.) It is also a cushion against a possible striking down of the 1996 Federal Defense of Marriage Act, which outlawed same-sex marriages nationally but has never been tested by legal challenges. Though 30 other states have passed similar measures, the California vote was watched closely in part because it was a referendum - most similar...
...Crimson found itself short-handed a couple of minutes later when freshman defenseman Pam Van Reesma went to the penalty box for cross checking at 14:42, but with a 2-0 cushion, Harvard continued to press Huggon...
...with a vengeance, at the expense, analysts say, of their savings accounts. Counterintuitive as it may seem, people tend to spend feverishly during economic upswings, entertaining thoughts of saving only when the well runs dry (which, of course, strangles fuel to an already spluttering engine). Thus is removed the cushion that could have prevented a plummeting economy from suffering a dead-cat bounce. Gibney is a little more optimistic, and points to a softer landing. "The underlying strength of this economy makes it difficult to see how there could be a major crash, or any other extreme downturn," he says...
Traditionally, emergency departments have been overused and underfunded, routinely collecting only about half of what they bill and being subsidized on the backs of other, moneymaking parts of the hospital. But with the funding cuts in 1997's balanced-budget agreement added to managed care's fiscal pressures, that cushion has all but disappeared. And later this year, new Medicare payment schemes could cause even greater pain for both EDs and ambulance services. "The HMOs and the government have taken the fat out of the system, which used to cover the cost of emergency care," says Dr. Leo Berkenbile...
...emerging as the new leader of the offense after the loss of Dan Clemente early in the season, Harvard is really opening its season this week. Except for one game, only Ivy League games are remaining, and a sweep this weekend would provide the Crimson with a two-game cushion in the standings...