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...more of it." But the Murtha defeat will be largely forgotten if the Democrats under Pelosi's leadership rack up a series of victories on the agenda that she had laid out for her first 100 hours as Speaker, which includes raising the minimum wage, forcing Medicare to negotiate lower prescription-drug prices, cutting student-loan rates and making the national-security fixes recommended by the 9/11 commission. Then there is the biggest issue of all, now that the Democrats are partners in governing and not just critics: charting a course on Iraq. Hoyer insists the phased withdrawal he supports...
...Luce is strongest on economics, but he's also a savvy observer of the social and political environments that alternately nurture and throttle India's growth. With equal aplomb, he tackles topics such as the surging political power of India's lower castes, the rise and (apparent) decline of Hindu nationalism and the decline and (apparent) resurgence of the Gandhi-Nehru dynasty. Luce also takes a stab at explaining the big regional differences in economic development within India. For example, a senior bureaucrat in the southern state of Tamil Nadu candidly tells Luce that about 30% of public funds meant...
Given the budget crisis facing FAS, there is naturally a concern about how these greenhouse gas reductions will be funded, although the economic cost may be lower than first appears. The Environmental Action Committee (EAC) has published a position paper outlining a number of simple ways to achieve these reductions: decreasing energy demand, increasing efficiency in laboratories, and offsetting emissions with renewable energy purchases. Many of these initiatives will pay for themselves in the long run. Although the exact upfront costs are unclear at present, the purpose of the referendum is to send a message to the administration that students...
...issue of The New England Journal of Medicine, relied on data collected from HSPH’s Nurses’ Health Study, a sweeping project which collected data from over 120,000 women starting in 1976. HSPH researchers also found that there was an association between a lowered risk of heart disease and low-carb diets that were high in vegetable sources of fat and protein. “We are not recommending a low-carb diet over a low-fat diet,” said Thomas L. Halton, one of the authors of the study...
...just don't understand what the authorities are doing," says Beijing accountant Xiaomei, her lower lip trembling. "My dog would never harm anybody. The rule that we Beijingers can't have a dog bigger than 35 centimeters [13.8 inches] is completely arbitrary...