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...teacher and a parent, I empathize with McCarthy. With dramatic developments in health care, we have seen death sentences turned into manageable conditions and people once destined for institutional care now returned to jobs, homes and families. However, to focus on vaccines as the cause of autism is closed-minded, especially in light of scientific evidence. I would hope that those who work with children keep an open mind as to the causes of any symptoms outside the "normal" range and search for ways to make each child--and adult--live a happy, productive life...
Once the wrestlers returned to neutral, O’Connor showed the focus that carried him to the second-highest winning percentage in school history...
...with Cuba as a cause of Mexico's foreign policy retrenchment. But ironically, says O'Neil, a major factor has been democratization. When Mexico was under the dictatorial rule of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) from 1929 to 2000, the government could worry less about domestic disputes and focus more on the rest of the world's problems. But after the PRI was toppled a decade ago, "all of a sudden learning how to deal with [domestic legislative politics] mattered," says O'Neil, "and there was not a lot of bandwidth left for foreign policy...
...series of training courses to help people upgrade their skills and earn certifications. The modules are built to be accessible to people well into their careers - recognizing that a 40-year-old isn't likely to have two or four years to return to school full time - and focus on Austin's up-and-coming industries, like biotech, renewable energy and video-game development. "When these jobs come, we'll have the people with the skills to move into them," says Workforce executive director Alan Miller...
...number cruncher to issue a verdict. Not only did the delay raise the question of whether all the compromises made to try to win broad enough support would make the bill too costly, but it also played into the hands of Republicans trying to keep the focus on the messy process of passing the bill rather than the substance in it. (Read "Health Reform Passes Senate, But Will House Dems Sign...