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...Governor had promised four years ago to fix the state's child-welfare mess. But even though Bush oversaw a 27% increase in child-protection funding, 60 children who had previous contact with the state's child-welfare system died of abuse or neglect in 1999 and 2000, and as many as 1,000 were unaccounted for. Bush's Democratic challenger, former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno, who is lagging in the polls, was quick to use the tragedy against Bush. The murder, she says, "certainly indicates that Rilya Wilson's case was not an isolated incident. There is simply...
...person's behavior affected? Greenfield : Research shows that the drug leads to impaired memory and coordination. These effects may be long-term and irreversible. There is strong evidence that marijuana can trigger schizophrenia. Then there's demotivational syndrome, an inability to focus on anything beyond the next fix. TIME: Is it addictive? Greenfield : That depends how we define addiction. Cannabis users have to take ever-larger quantities to achieve the desired effect. Studies show that about 10% of users can't stop their habit, despite wanting to do so. TIME: Have you ever smoked marijuana? Greenfield : For a student...
...fix the problem, FAS has given the Computer Services “a significant budget” in order to improve Webmail’s speed by moving it to separate servers from POP/IMAP (Eudora) and telnet services...
Fields comes with a reputation as a cost cutter and fix-it guy. Before taking over Mazda, he spent two years in Argentina restoring a troubled Ford operation to profitability. At Mazda, where he started as sales and marketing senior adviser, he found a remarkably inefficient bureaucracy. Shortly after arriving, he requested a report on Japan's domestic-car market. Three days later, a tome the size of the New York City phone book, and about as illuminating, appeared on his desk. "Its conclusions were severely lacking," Fields says. "Our investment bankers knew more about our business than some...
...history. At the Austrian Grand Prix on May 12, racing fans jeered and booed their disapproval when Ferrari team bosses ordered Barrichello, who had led the race from the start, to pull over and allow teammate and World Championship leader Schumacher to win. But it was not for that fix that Ferrari had to pay up, it was for failing "to observe Article 170" of the sport's regulations, relating to the podium presentation. Hearing the crowd's reaction, Schumacher had pushed Barrichello up to the top step, embarrassing Austrian Chancellor Wolfgang Schüssel, who didn't know...