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...spending to balance their budgets over the summer are now facing an additional $32 billion shortfall as tax receipts come in below estimates, the report said. And the fiscal year after that - running from July 2009 through June 2010 - could be even worse, with a projected $65 billion gap between legislated spending and incoming revenue, a figure calculated with only half the states providing an estimate. "Even states that were showing strong performance are moderating their forecasts," says Corina Eckl, NCSL fiscal affairs program director...
...steadfastness of Rosa Parks, the oratory of Martin Luther King, Jr., and the many indignities that spurred non-violent protests throughout the South. But can anyone remember what was happening in the North at the same time? University of Pennsylvania professor Thomas J. Sugrue attempts to remedy this gap in our historical memory with his new book, “Sweet Land of Liberty: The Forgotten Struggle for Civil Rights in the North.”Sugrue’s book is something to be celebrated. We all know the injustice that pervaded the South and the struggles of Civil...
...Other outside experts in interrogation law have pointed to the considerable gap between what is permitted under the field manual and what is allowed by a reasonable interpretation of laws and treaties. For example, the field manual prohibits a number of psychological ploys, like "threatening to separate parents from children" and "implying harm to the individual or his property," which might otherwise be allowed under the law in certain circumstances...
...second, Guruge stormed out to take an 8-3 lead and was on the verge of finishing the game when Hannah Conant of Dartmouth rallied to quickly narrow the gap...
...Heptagonal Championships last year, and the Crimson’s strong returners are hoping to build off that. Though there was distance between third and fourth at indoors, the women missed fourth at outdoors by just one point. “We’re hoping to close the gap between third and fourth [in the indoor season],” Christensen said. “The freshmen are definitely going to help us do that.” —Staff writer Dixon McPhillips can be reached at fmcphill@fas.harvard.edu...