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Turning it over to a commission is the kind of duck-and-cover drill that politicians have usually been able to get away with on Social Security. But Obama and Edwards aren't going along this time. "We're not really picking a fight about Social Security," says Obama strategist David Axelrod. "We're picking a fight about candor. [Obama] has been forthright about this, and Senator Clinton hasn...
...estimates that a billion people worldwide are overweight, and 300 million are obese; more than a third of U.S. adults are now obese. So, why is it so hard to lose weight? "It looks very simple: People need to eat less and exercise more," Padwal says. "But if you drill down it's more complicated." Telling a single mother who works full-time that she should take a brisk walk in the inner city after work each day is not the most practical advice - she's unlikely to do it. And the stressed-out, sedentary American lifestyle - not to mention...
...that other departments might have to use drastic methods to get dough—such as the Statistics department playing the lottery. Burn. “I think they’re very proud of the capital campaign, so our timing may have been off,” explains Drill Master Matthew S. Fasman ’08, who is also a chair of the Crimson’s Information Technology board. The Columbia Athletic Department could not be reached for comment. The band prides itself in its scripts. “I think they’ve all been...
...usual, and the pointy hat accentuated his big ears. He was surrounded by blockmates. I then spotted Maya D. Simpson ’11. A red polka dot handkerchief covered her head, and her tight blue work shirt was tied off, revealing a swathe of tummy. An inflatable electric drill hung from her belt loop. Maya leaned against the back wall of Daedalus, nonchalantly smoking a cigarette and minding her own business. This should be interesting. Wait, wait, let me guess! I hollered as I walked over to her. You’re the construction worker in the all-girl...
...would have hoped that Talabani would have understood that the last thing the Iraqi Kurds need is to incite Kurds in neighboring countries. At the moment, there are three or four international oil companies ready to drill in the north. The only practical oil route is through Turkey - which of course the Turks will close if the Kurds don't do something about...