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...Unfortunately, Mara doesn't sense any groundswell for change. "I think it will take something dramatic to happen in the championship game, or God forbid, the Super Bowl [which has never gone into overtime] for enough people to get concerned," Mara says. But why is the most decorated sports league in the land refusing to use some common sense? Mara's telling reply: "That's a fair question...
Sundquist said that the reform committee will discuss the case before the SFJB as it unfolds. “It’s hard to know what’s going to happen because it’s uncharted waters for everyone,” he said...
...surprised to see changes in public health occur within two years of the implementation of the ban. “Cardiovascular death rates have been falling for a whole host of reasons. If you implement a policy and you implement it relatively suddenly, then the change would happen fast,” he said...
...Development here seems to happen in enclaves—in the national parks, in secure mining areas, in fancy hotels for tourists. And even if these institutions really were meant to serve Tanzanians, as I said, there is a lot of power in the idea of defining what is better for other people...
Beyond the endorsements of the military and possible defense secretaries, recent post-election statements from Moscow criticizing the European expansion of the missile shield make it highly likely it will happen, U.S. officials say. Obama can't be seen, early in his tenure, as bending to Russia's wishes, they...