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...than penalties for those who do not. While we wish that all Americans would choose to follow a well-balanced diet, we do not think it is acceptable for employers to punish employees who reach for a cookie rather than an apple. Hopefully, the incentive of a free gym membership or some extra money for quitting smoking will be impetus enough for employees to make healthful choices, without the threat of a punishment should they...
...stating what exactly composes an activity that is acceptable to incentivize, in order to avoid abuse by businesses. Additionally, we hope that Congress takes measures to offset the increased complexity of the tax code, and the difficulty workers will face when trying to figure out whether a free gym-membership, for example, must be accounted for in their income tax returns...
...NATO-Russia relations has been the conflict between NATO and Russia over control in several parts of the post-Soviet sphere, especially the Caucasian state of Georgia. Indeed, many security analysts have concurred that former President Bush’s declaration of support for Georgia’s NATO membership bid was a major factor in last August’s war between Georgia and Russia. Since then, Georgia, which still hopes to join the alliance, has been a sticking point in NATO-Russia relations. NATO’s recent decision to go ahead with planned military exercises in Georgia...
Still, perhaps as a sign of the growing tension over the trip, Lombardi himself added further misunderstanding. The typically affable Jesuit spokesman blasted media organizations for referring to Joseph Ratzinger's involuntary membership in the Hitler Youth, saying that "never, never, never" did the future Pope take part in the group. It was, however, later verified by reporters in the Pope's own writings when he was a Cardinal - and confirmed by Lombardi - that in fact Benedict had been forced to register in the organization for a brief period...
...launch in Prague. Just hours before the gathering, for example, German and Dutch officials pushed to change wording in the official document to refer to the six EaP postulates as "partner countries" rather than "European countries". They similarly struck any language that even remotely hinted at possible E.U. membership for any time in the future, and revised a "long-term goal" previously described as "visa-free travel" by EaP citizens to the E.U. down to more modest "visa liberalization" for certain business people...