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'I cannot guarantee that there will not be a coup in 2008, just like I cannot rule out a natural disaster.'
Advocates know that permitting babies on the job is not a universal solution. It wouldn't work well, for example, with certain jobs, like doctoring and teaching, or for particularly fussy infants. But even naysayers may be surprised by the results of research conducted by Mary Secret, a social-work...
But this explosive growth has met the same problem that other suddenly successful industries have encountered in India: There has been no accompanying growth in infrastructure, leaving airports struggling to cope with long queues of harried passengers and severely compromising air safety. A series of so-called near-misses in...
IMPROVING AID Some problems, such as sexual violence in poorly designed camps, can be fixed with better disaster-preparedness programs.
“How would you like to have a doctor conduct a challenging heart procedure on you with only six weeks of training and no follow up support?” she wrote in an e-mail. “Teaching without adequate preparation can be a recipe for...