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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Snowe) that the Federal Government was inserting itself too deeply into the health-care system. But if the states aren't up to the task, those same politicians could find themselves blamed for health-care reform that doesn't deliver, with less tools than they might have had to fix...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Health-Care Reform: Will States Get Too Much Power? | 10/7/2009 | See Source »

...Cornell University found that only 40% of mothers said they had time to cook a meal at home five or more days a week. More than half the parents in the survey admitted that in order to accommodate their work hours, they ate in the car, opted for quick-fix solutions like frozen dinners, bought take-out meals on the way home or skipped meals instead of cooking. Some chose not to clock out--and give up wages--for a meal break. "There are some people for whom the structure at work does not allow them...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Eat, Pray, Love | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...lost a couple games that we definitely could’ve won,” Atkinson said. “The team is a lot better and we know what we need to fix heading into our conference play...

Author: By Christina C. Mcclintock, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Harvard Drops Four to Top Competition | 10/5/2009 | See Source »

...equally benefited.  Therapy made Meredith happy and it's working its magic on Christina and Owen-- perhaps if Lexie was less high-strung, there would be fewer incidents of her tripping, falling, crying, and being covered in donor blood.  On second thought, we can't fix everyone at Seattle Grace--FlyBy does need someone to laugh...

Author: By Alee Lockman | Title: Recap: "I Always Feel Like Somebody's Watching Me" | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

...that Brazil still doesn't have epic development problems to fix. Rampant corruption, violent crime, abysmal education and inadequate infrastructure are all urgent issues that Rio and Brazil alike have to address during the next seven years. Even Copacabana revelers like Gomes remember the holes in Rio's efforts when it hosted the Pan-American Games in 2007. "They didn't do all they said we would do and a lot of what they did do was left to rot after the games ended," she says, adding, "I think the elite will benefit from this more than most." Says Sotero...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Olympic Dreams Realized, Brazil Takes the Spotlight | 10/3/2009 | See Source »

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