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...sovereign fund that could prevent Europeans waking up "to find European companies belong to non-European capital, bought when share prices were at their lowest point". Sarkozy also wants governments in countries that use the euro to have greater powers to manage it against other currencies, and to significantly extend the term lengths of the rotating E.U. presidency - which France just happens to hold at the moment. Both suggestions met opposition from other European countries...
...While the project will initially help the community of La Prusia learn how to make ceramics, an art which was once a part of traditional Nicaraguan culture, the program hopes to eventually extend beyond the potter’s wheel, teaching these families how to market their business in order to obtain a profit...
...keep you from getting covered in the first place. And a lower monthly premium tends to come with a higher annual deductible. Humana's Monogram plan, for instance, pairs its $30 premium with a staggering $7,500 deductible. And the preventive-care coverage in these plans may not extend much beyond an annual physical. So consumers who don't look past price per month--a more traditional individual plan might charge a $400 premium and a deductible closer to $500--may find themselves shelling out thousands more dollars down the line. "So many of these policies can be really shoddy...
James S. Treadway ’08 brings up the point that we are very lucky as Harvard students to have such great academic resources, and we should share the wealth, saying in an e-mail, “I think top education institutions could do well to extend what they have to people who aren’t lucky enough to be there themselves...
...limits were designed precisely to prevent situations like these, in which a mayor amasses enough political capital to change election law to his benefit. Allowing Bloomberg to tweak the rules in this instance would set a dangerous precedent for future public officials, who might take advantage of crises to extend their own reigns indefinitely. Overturning the term limit law in New York City has implications that reach beyond the five boroughs. These restraints are not only important for Bloomberg’s office, but for any political position in which an incumbent has an automatic and significant advantage. Term limits...