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...environmental impact on a large scale will be ambitious and costly. But the ambition is definitely there. There should be a new Kyoto-style agreement that would have the developed world, especially the U.S., finance such a project. That way the developed world would pay compensation for the harm it has done to the environment and be instrumental in saving our planet. Vineet Pande Stockholm When a nation as resourceful as the U.S. contributes 25% of the total emissions polluting the environment and only reluctantly takes action to reduce them, I am genuinely disappointed. What an unbelievable waste of capability...
...scene is a nasty one--or it would be if the girls meant any harm. But they don't. There is no real tray, no real cafeteria, and Amanda's tumble was a planned pratfall. The students are merely role-playing, acting out a Kabuki version of the girl-on-girl aggression they are increasingly finding in their school. The teachers noticed it too and have taken steps to stop...
...care and outcomes. In fact, they often have the worst. It would be a great advance in both quality and cost if somehow the American public came to understand that "more care" is not by any means always "better care," and that new technologies and hospital stays can sometime harm more than they help. Patients need to ask more, "Are you sure I need that?" and to trust that, often, the best care is the most conservative care...
...development is about making options and choices," says Kahangire from his office overlooking Lake Victoria in Entebbe, Uganda. Some in the rich world agree. In his 2004 book, The World's Banker, on former World Bank president James Wolfensohn, journalist Sebastian Mallaby argues that NGOs often do more harm than good to the world's poor. Uganda's National Association of Professional Environmentalists, he wrote, was a tiny single-issue group that, with the backing of Western NGOs (including the IRN), was able to halt a project that could help millions. "This story is a tragedy for Uganda. Clinics...
...outcomes," says Berwick. "In fact, they often have the worst. It would be a great advance in both quality and cost if somehow the American public came to understand that 'more care' is not by any means always 'better care,' and that new technologies and hospital stays can sometimes harm more than they help...