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Energy and Commerce Committee chairman Henry Waxman calls the fees - which would generate about $160 million - a "critical breakthrough" to finance a newly empowered FDA. But consumer advocates are not happy about the 50% cut. "If FDA doesn't have the money, it's hard for them to do the number of inspections needed," says Foreman...
...faculty member, who requested anonymity to preserve their relationship with the incoming dean, said that Minow's critics say she is not sufficiently able to “say no”—a dangerous quality at a time when hard decisions will have to be made about what programs will be downsized...
...added "people of color" to the earlier passages that focused on gender. "I wonder whether by ignoring our differences as women or men of color we do a disservice to the law and society," she wrote in a 2002 article based on the talk. And yet it is hard to portray her speeches as those of someone committed to the view that all women and minority judges have essentially different perspectives than white male judges. "No one person, judge or nominee will speak in a female or people-of-color voice," Sotomayor said in her "wise Latina woman" speech, citing...
...What they will encounter in Palau is paradise," Stuart Beck, Palau's permanent United Nations representative, told the New York Times. With an average temperature of 82 degrees Fahrenheit and sprawling, picturesque beaches at every turn, it may even be hard for the prisoners to argue with that statement. With just 20,000 people spread over 8 main islands and 250 smaller ones, Palau is one of the world's least-populated countries. There are a mere 391 people living in the capital, Melekeok; Palau's bicameral legislature employs a paltry 9 Senators and 16 members of the House...
...crucial to luring tourists back. Personally launching the Vive México campaign in his presidential palace, the President focused on selling Mexican character. "Let us tell the whole world that we are a strong nation with a unique unity and identity," he said, "that no matter how hard or difficult the tests we have to face, particularly at the present time, Mexico is united and will overcome them...