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Since extinction tends to target groups of vulnerable species, conservationists would be smart to identify and focus their efforts on the most susceptible families. That means species that have a narrow geographic spread - always a risk factor for extinction, in case something happens to their habitat - and, interestingly, large body size, which also tends to be associated with extinction. "It's a quick and dirty way to get a better picture of which species are likely to be most impacted," says Roy. "Then you can go in and mark your priorities." Extinction may be a part of life...
...means you have to watch your step. The job has been too much for men like Arkansas's Wilbur Mills and Illinois's Dan Rostenkowski, who in decades past let ethical errors derail their chairmanships. Lately, Rangel has been seen to have stumbled as well. He has become the focus of several ethics scandals over matters ranging from the relatively petty to the potentially serious. Last summer, it was revealed that Rangel was occupying four apartments at below-market rents in a Harlem building owned by a prominent real estate developer. (He has since given up one apartment that...
...much the same reason, another focus of insurers is the provision to provide federal subsidies to lower-income Americans to help them afford coverage. If subsidies are not sufficiently large enough, insurers say, many Americans would opt not to buy coverage. AHIP favors subsidies to Americans earning up to 400% of the federal poverty line, the same level of subsidies in both the House and HELP bills. The Senate Finance Committee, the lone remaining committee with jurisdiction over health care yet to produce a bill, hasn't announced which subsidy level it will support. But in an effort...
...Problems to Fix Six years on, though, the project is already three years behind schedule, $2 billion over the initial $4.2 billion budget, and the focus of international arbitration and other legal wranglings as TVO, Areva and other companies involved seek compensation for escalating costs. Analysts say many of the problems stem from Areva's impossibly low bid. "Though getting the world's first third-generation reactor completed will give Areva some big advantages over rivals, the Finnish project has cost it a lot in terms of credibility, and a lot of people are looking on saying: 'You mean...
...nice idea, but the plan may end up reasserting South Korean women's secondary status more than boosting it. Led by Mayor Oh Se Hoon, the $104 million program launched in 2007 under the slogan "Happy Women, Happy Seoul," with a focus on mothers of young children and the unemployed. Assistant mayor of women and family policy affairs Cho Eun Hee says the program will be, among other things, helping to find work for jobless women, paving streets to make them high-heel friendly, building more women's public restrooms, improving lighting in public spaces, creating safe parks for women...