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Indeed, the reauthorization of the Patriot Act was met with overwhelming support in Congress, but this complicity is neither proof of the efficacy of the Patriot Act nor does it justify this continued infringement on a right to privacy. Similarly, the dearth of successful terrorist attacks since 9/11 is not an adequate indicator that we have been made safer by the Patriot Act—to conjecture as such is to ignore the complex matrix that defines national security...
...family history still present a towering obstacle: Bush fatigue has by no means disappeared, whatever setbacks have plagued the Obama Administration of late. Mitch Daniels of Indiana is likable and pragmatic, but may be hampered by his physical stature (Americans seem to favor tall candidates) and an overall dearth of pizzazz. Haley Barbour of Mississippi is magnetic and skillful, but his history as a lobbyist is out of step with the prevailing anti-Washington national mood. John Kasich, a longtime Congressman now running for governor of Ohio, is impressive, but still lacks the kind of intense focus required...
...term health. "Right now, the alliance faces very serious, long-term, systemic problems," Defense Secretary Robert Gates said last week. Budget shortfalls - only five of the 28 members are meeting the alliance's goal of spending 2% of their GDP on defense - are hurting the war effort. The resulting dearth of helicopters, cargo planes and spy aircraft is "directly impacting operations in Afghanistan," Gates said...
...game progressed, it became clear that some players were accumulating properties more quickly than others. As usual, a dearth of money appeared as those quickest to the monopolies began racking up huge, price-gouged rents. Yet, curiously, well into the game, there was an unusually generous exchange of money between two players, who covered each other as they landed on particularly large rents and were short on money...
...contrary to the assumption that more money solves more problems, the Gates Foundation’s implementation of efforts to treat HIV/AIDS produced mixed results. Some of these findings call into question whether Gates’ initiatives create even a net-positive impact. The negative effects include an epiphenomenal dearth of qualified clinicians in other parts of Africa like Lesotho or Rwanda, also known as “brain drain,” the weakening of local systems of health due to a shift in focus, and a diversion of attention and personnel from other health-related issues, such...