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...modest $3 million budget reveals, however, a lingering uncertainty remains as to whether this new program will encourage additional students to join or merely lighten the load on those who are already interested in public interest law. If the latter turns out to be true, Kagan would be entirely justified in extending the budget and scope of the program. After all, the effort to encourage scholarship and participation in public interest and public sector law is both necessary and noble...
...statement that the loan component of HMS’s aid packages will be the next to come under review. Nonetheless, it is difficult to complain about a 40 percent increase in financial aid. If the recent move serves merely to ease the burdens placed on students of modest means seeking to pursue a career in medicine, this is reason enough to celebrate...
...free; small costs can even be borne on personal credit cards for a brief period of time. These and other tactics are almost always employed at one time or another by most presidential operations to get through tight spots. But the debts tend to be short-lived and modest, rarely exceeding a few million dollars. While the exact size of Clinton's debt has fluctuated, Democratic party officials say, hers remains above the norm in size for a campaign at this stage of a race...
...Lost in the debate over how much regulation to impose is what if any effect the Treasury plan might have on the current crisis. The simple answer is none. The Treasury department says some modest short-term proposals in the plan can be implemented right away, but any of the larger reorganizing efforts, including the creation of the new regulatory bodies, are likely to take three to eight years to make it through Congress and into action...
...Delafon says it already has. "The Socialist opposition is already reminding people of Sarkozy's campaign comment that he didn't favor additional French forces because he couldn't see how it would be 'decisive'," Delafon notes, adding that few analysts see how a modest reinforcement could possibly prove "decisive" now. "This is a political move following through on Sarkozy's pledge to improve Franco-American cooperation. Making a political decision on a military matter, and without a clear military strategy for victory behind it, carries very significant political risks: The French public may sour on an Afghanistan going from...