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...head of a high-powered U.S. economic delegation that includes six cabinet ministers, the U.S. Trade Representative and Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke - and he's under pressure to deliver. The U.S. urgently needs Beijing to allow its currency to appreciate in value against the dollar, to put a dent in Washington's $200 billion-plus annual trade deficit with China. And Beijing is not inclined to comply...
...internal problems," said deputy William Querales, who is on the National Assembly's foreign policy committee. "President Chavez has confronted the problem of poverty and the serious social problems in our country." The opposition counters by pointing to studies showing that Chavez has failed to put a major dent in poverty and that crime has actually increased. But many in the dilapidated barrios on the outskirts of Caracas say they are better off since Chavez was elected in 1998. And since the majority of Venezuelan voters are from the lowest income brackets, that perception is what will count most...
...hardwood. But when the final whistle sounds and the stands have long since emptied, Dalton continues to provide a model for the underclassmen to emulate.“Kyle hasn’t had the in-the-game role that every player wants, but it has never put a dent in her work ethic,” Delaney-Smith says. “She’s always like, ‘What do I need to do?’ and ‘How do I need to do it?’ What better mentor and role...
Taking a cue from earlier interventions that singled out one factor or another and failed to make a dent in the problem, the March of Dimes is trying what medical director Dr. Nancy Green calls a "kitchen-sink approach." Much of its focus is on the nuts and bolts of a healthy pregnancy: screening for bacterial infections, watching for signs of domestic violence, discouraging alcohol consumption, encouraging smoking cessation (1 in 4 pregnant women in Kentucky smokes), monitoring weight gain and nutritional intake and, when necessary, giving drugs to prevent preterm labor. Weekly injections of a progesterone-based drug after...
These stipulations might make a dent in the potential revenue that research institutions such as Harvard could derive from innovations like Edwards’. But those restrictions could also save schools from the ethical dilemma that has dogged Harvard’s rival...