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...piecemeal insurance reforms. Those would probably include requirements that workers could take their insurance with them when they change jobs and provisions that would forbid insurers to deny coverage for people with previously existing conditions. The First Lady in particular is reluctant to put the White House behind halfway measures that could relieve pressure for more comprehensive change later on. And the President is concerned that such a bill could have the effect of raising premiums or boosting the health-care costs of senior citizens, for which he would take the heat. But Leon Panetta, the White House chief...
Amid all this, the Haitian military seems to have embraced a surreal attitude halfway between apathy and stubborn denial. On Thursday morning, 200 green-uniformed soldiers, some carrying bazookas, marched through downtown Port-au-Prince in a show of force, occasionally breaking into a spirited goose step. On Friday, top military officials gathered in the parking lot next to the General Quarters to celebrate Cedras' 45th birthday. On the menu: croissants, Teem and sugary schadec juice, made with Haitian grapefruits...
...moment everyone had been waiting for came about halfway through the show. Television journalist Jonathan Dimbleby was asking Prince Charles about his relationship with Camilla Parker Bowles, the woman long rumored to be his mistress. The prince's face assumed the pained intensity of someone suffering from an acute intestinal disorder. Speaking in his characteristically elliptical sentences, Charles stammered that Parker Bowles was an old friend who was "helpful and understanding" during his marriage crisis...
...done well so far. Now it must prove it can play with the big boys: Germany, Brazil, Argentina and Italy. But getting even halfway to the final would be further than anyone but these Cinderella soccer kids expected. Today, Colombia. Tomorrow ... the World...
...halfway to Maris' homer record, and it's only June...