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Early in his remarks, according to the transcript, Summers cited a Harvard School of Public Health study revealing that in one Native American community in South Dakota, life expectancy is lower than in Bangladesh. Persistent poverty among indigenous communities in the United States, he said, is “a major area of concern.” Summers noted that he and his colleagues in the Clinton administration’s Treasury Department “worked hard and, I think, with some success,” to make loans more readily available to Native American communities...
...expectancy in every country, every geographic area, in the United States. And what he found is something that you would have known he would find it qualitatively but I, at least, was astounded quantitatively, by what he found. He found that there was a Native American community in South Dakota where life expectancy was half—half—of what it was in the highest life expectancy community in our country. That life expectancy in that community was a decade, if not actually two decades, lower than life expectancy in Bangladesh. And that is not as it should...
...particular note are two December matchups—one at New Hampshire, and then a pair at the rink of national runner-up North Dakota...
...fiscal year beginning Oct. 1. Senate and House negotiators worked late into the night, and Reagan, in one spectacular heave, sandbagged the Senate leadership of his own party. Almost no one was happy with the watered-down document that emerged, and everyone faulted everyone else. Said North Dakota Senator Mark Andrews: "People are growing seven fingers on each hand so they can point their fingers at who is to blame...
Today Beulah is a town in crisis. Great Plains has lost much of its Government backing. Moreover, its synthetic fuel is uneconomical because the price of imported oil is falling. The plant may be shuttered within a month, dealing a devastating blow to the community, the state of North Dakota and the future of synthetic fuels. Great Plains has an annual payroll of $36 million, employing 973 people and generating more than 5,000 additional jobs in the area. Says Cynthia Lynk, executive director of Beulah's Chamber of Commerce: "If the plant closes, we'll have businesses shutting down...