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...leaving the health ministry, Frenk was considered a leading candidate for the directorship of World Health Organization, and even won the endorsement of the renowned British medical journal, The Lancet.Frenk, who started his career as an academic researcher before moving into the policy arena, said that he does not expect his position as dean to be all that different from his previous post as health minister. He emphasized that his tenure as minister was characterized by the use of scientific knowledge to guide policy. “For me, it’s all grounded in my firm belief that...
...expect McCain to change his rhetoric on the stump. That's not how this game is played. On Wednesday, the Obama campaign put out a press release claiming that McCain's economic plan was "$2.8 trillion more expensive than his advisers previously admitted." These were ominous words, playing into the old story line about Republicans using budget gimmickry. But the statement was largely based on an interpretation of a tax plan - for an optional alternative income-tax system, with a flat rate - that McCain has never described in detail, let alone with enough specificity to gauge. And it uses...
...modern music's biggest headache, a good old-fashioned remedy: British music fans sharing illegal files online can now expect a polite slap on the wrist in the form of a letter through the post from their Internet Service Provider (ISP). The warnings are part of a government-brokered agreement between the British Phonographic Industry (BPI), which represents record labels in the U.K., and the country's six leading ISPs, and aims to stymie online piracy by better educating Internet users about illegal file sharing and by promoting access to legitimate online services. The deal offers "hope of a sustainable...
...championed poetry in public places; Robert Hass started an annual student competition; Billy Collins launched a website with a poem for every day of the school year. Ryan isn't yet sure what she's going to do but notes that she is constitutionally "incapable of saying what people expect me to say." Her predecessors would have approved...
...Opponents of the new measures complain employers will now be able to impose non-optional overtime on employees, who would have to fear being fired if they refuse. They also expect businesses to stick to the lower-end 10% scale in paying for extra time, knowing that workers fearing for their jobs may not be able to stand up to their bosses for more money. That will be especially true in smaller companies, labor experts say, where staff organization and union representation don't match levels in bigger groups...