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...provision called the public option, which would offer something like Medicare as one of a menu of choices for several million Americans not receiving health insurance from their employers. For the right, this was socialism. For the left, it was a step toward stripping private insurers of their choke hold on the system. When the public option was killed - by Lieberman, of all people - the left saw Iraq redux and rebelled. Not only was there no public option, but people would also be mandated - forced! - to patronize the same insurance companies that exploit them now. There would be a windfall...
...Crimson bigs were also able to hold MIT’s best offensive player, Noel Hollingswoth, to just 12 points. Hollingsworth, a sophomore transfer from Brown, entered this afternoon’s contest having scored 34 points in the Engineers’ previous matchup. But by pressuring MIT’s guards, Harvard was able to limit Hollingsworth’s touches...
...leaked sex tapes, two high-profile divorces and 12 stints on the cover of Playboy. After Aladdin becomes wealthy in the show, she advises him to remain wary of supposed friends who seek to profit off his fortune. "Evil hands are everywhere, and they desire to get a hold of everything you own," she says, clutching her celebrated breasts. "They usually belong to people who work in the tax office - or construction...
...hold your breath...
...look after the site," says Dr. Nasim Khan, professor of archaeology at the University of Peshawar. "The local people are damaging the site because of illegal diggings." In Swat, the Taliban have long attempted to destroy the Buddhist heritage of the region. In October 2007, as militants cemented their hold on the former tourist area, the Taliban dynamited the face of the Jehanabad Buddha into oblivion. The 23-foot-high carving of the seated Buddha, dating from the 7th century, is regarded as the second most important Gandhara monument after the Taliban-eradicated Bamiyan Buddhas. (See pictures of the battle...