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...newspapers has increased from a few dozen when strongman Suharto was deposed in 1998 to roughly 800 today. The market is so buoyant that a new English-language paper, the Jakarta Globe, revved up its printing presses last November, just as several cash-strapped American papers were readying their final editions. "The Indonesian middle class is growing, and many households subscribe to two newspapers," says Ali Basyah Suryo, strategic adviser to the start-up Globe. "People like to hold the newspaper in their hands and even clip stories or save copies. It's seen as a valuable product...
...Days after Barack Obama's Inauguration that the stimulus bill was signed into law. 3: Total number of congressional Republicans who backed the final package. $400: Value of a refundable tax credit available to people earning less than $75,000 a year beginning in June. $185 billion: Amount the stimulus is expected to add to the federal deficit for the remainder of the 2009 fiscal year. 317: Minutes the final Senate vote lasted, believed to be the longest congressional vote in U.S. history. 320: Miles traveled by Senator Sherrod Brown, from an Ohio memorial service for his mother...
...study, funded as part of the stimulus package, will take that information and figure out which treatments get the best outcomes for the least money. Which makes more sense for a clavicle fracture: a simple sling and waiting six weeks or surgical repair with a stainless-steel plate? The final step could be to create a federal health-care board that would shape Medicare- and Medicaid-reimbursement plans based on those studies...
...game karma against Harvard? Well, no. In the two games it did win—at Dartmouth and home against Brown—the winning scores came on the final possession, and the opponent arguably played better each time. So while Harvard perhaps should be better than 2-6 in league play, that record could just as easily be worse...
...best player. Still, Carroll committed himself to becoming stronger for his sophomore year.“Being injured was frustrating,” Carroll said. “But I’ve worked hard all summer and all season and now I’m finally in the net.”However, even with Richter’s absence, Carroll found himself in the backup position once again—this time behind freshman goaltender Matt Hoyle. Hoyle has played 1127 minutes this season to Carroll’s 204. But while Hoyle was a major factor...