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...first I avoided them. I found myself begrudgingly paying premium for special-hire taxis or taking hour-long hikes up Kampala’s unavoidable hills, while turning down dozens of “boda boda men,” who have a habit of driving up to every lone pedestrian and expectantly saying, “We go?” “No,” I would say, “we don?...
...somewhat self-conscious of my formal work attire (and gender), which marked me as a clear outsider. Customers in gay bars eyed me with bemused curiosity, but after a brief chat with the manager I was granted a seat amongst the regular clientele, and felt unusually safe as a lone girl at a pub. My status as a reporter provided a credible reason for admittance, and it was exhilarating to infiltrate the generally closed-off community...
...coverage. If subsidies are not sufficiently large enough, insurers say, many Americans would opt not to buy coverage. AHIP favors subsidies to Americans earning up to 400% of the federal poverty line, the same level of subsidies in both the House and HELP bills. The Senate Finance Committee, the lone remaining committee with jurisdiction over health care yet to produce a bill, hasn't announced which subsidy level it will support. But in an effort to win bipartisan backing and scale back the cost of the bill, it is reportedly considering limiting subsidies to Americans earning just...
...said "splinter groups" from Jaish-e-Mohammad have been fighting alongside the Taliban in Swat. And Punjab is also home to front groups of Lashkar-e-Taiba, the outlawed militant group that was blamed for last November's Mumbai massacre. (See pictures of the long journey of the lone surviving Mumbai gunman...
...Number of Romaniote (Greek Jewish) synagogues that remain in the Western Hemisphere. The lone synagogue is Kehila Kedosha Janina at Broome and Allen Streets...