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...While department chairs and professors contacted for interviews sympathized with the fiscal concerns brought forth by Smith, they expressed worry over the toll the new measures might have on academic development...
...fact, the IIC did not have an approved budget for much of the last fiscal year because the budget that was initially proposed was “larger than we could expect to support,” Hyman said...
...from clear how a Maoist-dominated government will govern. The economy is a war-ruined shambles; some question whether revolutionary fervor will translate into fiscal acumen. Although the election went off with few hitches, the voting was marred in part by the vigilantism of Maoist youth cadres. Prachanda must rein them in as well as convince nervous neighbors India and China of his group's commitment to stable, multiparty democracy...
Shaping those norms are some powerful fiscal forces as well, such as soaring malpractice rates for obstetricians. Since doctors are sued more frequently after vaginal births than caesareans, surgery is often the prudent choice when there is even the slightest indication of a difficult vaginal birth. Combine this with the increasing willingness of moms like Chung to talk more openly about their C-sections, and we may be headed for a time when mothers make the vaginal-or-caesarean decision in the same way many now make the breast-or-bottle decision...
...encourage those whose families are seriously weighing a college education compared to the heightened debt that comes with it to apply. The U.S. government needs to do more, however, to catalyze a shift of college financing from loans to grants. Many people regard paying for a college education a fiscal risk that they are not willing to pursue. It is crucial, however, that this perspective be reversed. Congressional motions like this are the first steps down a necessary but lengthy path...