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...argument against all this is that FICA finances Social Security payments, and the connection between money in and money out helps keep Social Security secure. There's a simple answer: among the many problems we now face, the danger that a majority in Congress will gang up against Social Security benefits must surely rank...
...corporations have pressured their respective governments to take action. The gulf also contains a very profitable tourist route for high-end cruises. On Tuesday, the 246 passengers aboard the cruise ship MS Columbus, owned by the German firm Hapag-Lloyd, were flown to Dubai in order to avoid the danger zone. The secretary-general of the German tourist federation, Hans-Gustav Koch, claimed that in order to cope with the pirates, “We want escorts.” Both the U.S.’s diplomatic initiative at the UN and the EU’s military efforts...
...Drownings:Kids drown everywhere, but the most dangerous places are the most watery places, which means the western Pacific and parts of Southeast Asia. More than 175,000 kids and teens drown annually - 480 per day - with children under 5 at the greatest risk. Keeping kids close to home is no guarantee of safety, since in or around the house is where most drownings take place. In lower-income countries, the greatest danger is in open bodies of water or in water-collection systems. In richer countries, swimming pools and the ocean are the most dangerous. Using flotation devices, providing...
...setting out clearly the aspirations for China's future in a way that is highly principled and idealistic, [but] doing so in a way that's not attacking the current government and not attacking the Communist Party," says Rosenzweig. Though, he admits, "there's always a danger that it will be read that way." (Read TIME's Man of the Year article on Deng Xiaoping...
...term from cross-cultural psychology describing the hesitancy of underlings to question superiors. This cultural phenomenon caused the Colombian co-pilot to speak timidly to the air traffic control booth’s gruff New Yorker. Even as the plane was running out of gas and was in grave danger of crashing, the Colombian co-pilot did not assert the need for the plane to land. When asked, according to the flight log, “Is that okay with you and your fuel,” the co-pilot merely responded, “I guess so. Thank...