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...Increase in the suicide rate for 15-to-24-year-olds during the same five-year period. The rate decreased among those 65 and older...
...when he began amassing his collection, but his holdings have proven controversial. At least 13 of the artworks he owned at war's end were included on British specialist Douglas Cooper's "looted art list," which was used to recover pieces stolen from Jews by the Nazis. A five-year study undertaken by the Swiss government determined in 2001 that Bührle, who died in 1956, had acquired "flight art" - works smuggled out of Axis-controlled areas and sold at rock-bottom prices...
...President has asked Congress to extend and double the funding of PEPFAR when the five-year program expires in 2008. PEPFAR provides anti-retroviral drugs and other treatment for HIV-positive and AIDS patients in developing countries, while also trying to prevent new infections using the "ABC" approach: abstain, be faithful and use condoms. An earlier controversy over the first tenet of that drive - abstinence, which critics claimed reflected an effort impose a conservative Christian morality amid a humanitarian catastrophe - remains. "Certain constituencies, such as sex workers, are excluded from PEPFAR money," says Ayesha Kajee, program director of the International...
...under high taxes and stifling regulation. "I expect a lot in terms of both the scope and results of reform, and I want him to continue pushing it ahead," says Eric Platel, a Paris-area IT consultant who voted for Sarkozy. With more than four years remaining in his five-year mandate, Sarkozy's best chance is to renew his reformist push, wait for its benefits to blossom, and ride back up the polls...
...They haven’t done anything about this yet,” he added, noting that the state has also provided an inadequate state budget for MCAS reform. As in past committee meetings, Fowler-Finn highlighted the increase in students obtaining a passing MCAS score during his five-year tenure, but he added that a similar growth in the percentage of students achieving proficiency has lagged. “Only about two-thirds are proficient,” he said. Criticized by committee members in the past for a “test-oriented?...