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...mutant babies. State and federal laws ban nuclear development, more than 100 municipalities are self-declared "nuclear free zones," and not a kilowatt of the nation's electricity comes from uranium. But in Europe, Asia and North America, millions of people live near nuclear reactors with no more fuss than if they were grain silos. And fueling many of those reactors is Australian uranium...
...editors: Re: “One Week Later,” comment, April 28: Why the big fuss? Kaavya Viswanathan’s plagiarism was no more than a case of standard ghost writing, the legitimacy of which has been so perfectly “internalized” by the “intelligentsia” in the country of her origin. It is not at all rare in India for parents to do school work of their children. When the project is found to be beyond their caliber, they resort to engaging professionals for the purpose, and any number...
...exactly the kind of solid accomplishments 41's son would need to close out a lackluster second term with some grace. Many conservatives uttered silent screams when some of those measures passed in the early 1990s, but I'm guessing now the Republicans are too desperate for change to fuss much now. And already there is talk - and some evidence - that Bolten is reaching out to other 41 veterans to fill both the press secretary and chief congressional lobbyist...
...thing a Wal-Mart Bank could probably never replace is the role of the small-town banker. With 8,000 charters, community banks have strong competition, and their deposits finance small businesses and home mortgages. Local bankers made a similar fuss, White says, when regulators allowed regional banks to expand, but most of the local banks found new ways to compete. Local bankers know better than most what happens to those who don't adapt to change. The closest Wal-Mart is 35 miles away, Coup says, but "I've seen the effects that it has on our local grocery...
...ndez gets points for pushing the Dominican Congress to go along, but with nearly 90% of its exports going to the U.S., the country really had little choice. And Fernndez's party delayed implementation, which allowed a pipeline of infrastructure projects to go to favored contractors without the fuss of open bidding required by the new accord. That includes the subway contract, which went to Diandino Pea, who is Fernndez's biggest financial supporter. "Transparency is an evil word here," says Kevin P. Manning, president of the local American Chamber of Commerce. Fernndez has likened...