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...their tax-cut-fight postures in the wake of the Jeffords news - Democrats promising to run their Senate magnanimously, and Republicans vowing to kick up a fuss - the biggest contribution the Green Mountain Man makes to the nation's capital this year may be to bring it to a halt...
...beginning of the last decade, the world had a chance to halt the spread of AIDS in Africa. At the time, 4 million Africans were HIV-positive. The World Health Organization's Global Programme on AIDS, headed by the visionary Jonathan Mann, worked with governments across Africa to plan national prevention programs. The pilot program was launched in Uganda, the epicenter of the crisis. Health workers entered training for a continent-wide mobilization to stop the epidemic...
...material they have submitted is still under study,” McNiff said. “The board will attempt to negotiate on what the builders want to do and what we think is appropriate. This is not a procedure that would halt the building’s construction...
While residents said they are not opposed to the University housing more of its graduate students, they decided that legal means were the only way to halt construction of a building they feel is just too large and will have a negative impact on the area...
These companies were blinded by the dust of an economy skidding to a halt. Corporate profits dropped 8% in the first quarter, a stunning reversal from the double-digit growth forecast last year. Not wanting to get it wrong again, a lot of CEOs are simply saying they'll have to wait and see. Worsening the vision void, new regulations require that companies say nothing unless they say it in a venue for all to hear. Regulation FD (fair disclosure) has curtailed guidance on earnings...