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...information. That's why I try to find just the most compelling story I can and write it in a way that if someone will only read just the first half-sentence, they'll keep going. If they begin to feel some compassion, then one can lay out the larger picture...
After serving as chief executive of Fallon Community Health Plan in Worcester for a decade, Schultz will soon lead a much larger company, as Harvard Pilgrim provides insurance to more than 1 million people in Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine...
...itself, the regime broke up the smallest of gatherings before larger ones could form. Paramilitary Basiji prevented opposition leaders like former presidential candidate Mehdi Karroubi from attending the demonstrations; they attacked him and arrested and beat his son, according to Karroubi's family. "Their expectation of our capability was more realistic than our own," read a posting on the opposition's main website, rahesabz.com. "The people who prevented us from coming out have now had eight months of practice. Now we have to discuss other tactics and put all our minds together...
...more stringent punishment for offences. That follows concerns that Indian research firms were cutting corners and risking subjects' health and lives in their hurry to attract international drug firms. And lobby groups and non-governmental organizations have been pressing the government to introduce new rules on electronic waste, ever larger quantities of which is making its way to India for recycling, or worse, dumping in landfills...
...Taliban, retreating from Marja gives them a chance to strike again, avoiding face-to-face combat with a larger and mightier enemy. Though some Marja refugees said that many Afghan Taliban may have fled, they also said a large contingent of more zealous Pakistani fighters stayed behind, bent on martyrdom. That is possible; after decades of war, Afghans have developed a keen instinct about when to fight, and when to slip away...