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...Elkann, the 30-year-old vice chairman of both Fiat and IFIL, the Agnelli family's €6 billion holding company, this is the perfect place for a power lunch. After ordering his favorite Vittoria dish - a lightly fried veal cutlet with fresh tomatoes - Elkann leans in to better explain his choice. "You know why I really like this place?" he says, lowering his voice and widening his eyes. "Because it's fast." Those are the words of a young man on the move. It's been nine years since he was handpicked by his grandfather, Giovanni "Gianni" Agnelli...
...Newsom considers San Francisco's historic undertaking a "moral obligation," one that other city, state and federal officials have shirked. "We are implementing this. We're not waiting around," he told TIME. "It's no longer good enough to explain away our problem and to point fingers." Around 41 million Americans are uninsured. They inevitably wind up seeking medical attention from overburdened emergency rooms. The political dialogue must change, Newsom insists. "If it's not going to happen through national leadership or statewide leadership," he says, "then it has to happen on a local level...
...even suggests that if handled in a certain way, vaccination could be a teaching opportunity. "If health care providers use this as an opportunity to talk to young people about sexual health, with the parents' permission, and explain the full range of risks posed by having non-monogamous relationships, it could have positive impact on adolescent behavior...
...conservatives are right that the vaccine sends a mixed message, then all the more reason to make it mandatory. That would allow concerned parents who favor abstinence to trust... but verify. And to explain that they're doing this for the larger good of the whole herd...
...That may explain why some appear to be looking for a way out. Negotiators involved in the proposed power-sharing plan between Hamas and Fatah say it would allow Hamas to countenance past agreements with Israel pushed by Abbas. And it might persuade the U.S. and other international donors to un-freeze aid to the Palestinians. Over 160,000 government workers haven't received salaries for nearly four months, and Hamas officials are reduced to smuggling in suitcases of cash across the border from Egypt to pay for emergencies. A hastily arranged marriage could be the Palestinians' last chance...