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Wilson's speech, which detailed the founding of the project and some of the initial opposition to the idea, was genuinely thought-provoking. Her main theme was that leadership often involves taking on a project when everyone else believes that you're wrong, and she used the White House Project as an example of such an endeavor. Fundraising efforts for the project were somewhat hindered by the nature of the program--one which rises above both political parties and the money which flows from those parties. The candidates on the ballot are split fairly evenly among liberals and conservatives...
...spite of this, the 16 prisoners had received sentences that ranged from 35 to 90 years, a punishment believed to be disproportionate to the crimes by human rights groups and supporters, who note that drug dealers and even murderers often receive lighter sentences. Most of the prisoners have already served 19 years of their sentences...
...name shingles derives from cingulum (Latin for belt or girdle) and refers to the fact that the accompanying blisters often cluster in a broad band, typically on just one side of the body. In my case, the skin lesions traced out the end branches of the fifth cranial, or trigeminal, nerve and affected only the left half of my face. In other cases, the lesions might appear on the chest, stomach or back...
...many middle- and lower-income individuals, bearing the cost of quality assisted living or other long-term care is about as realistic as buying a Rolls-Royce as the family car. The real long-term-care story is too often not about options but about impoverishment, the lack of choice and the loss of dignity. JON DAUPHINE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR Long Term Care Campaign Washington...
...investment clubs over the past decade and found that stocks picked by mixed-gender groups beat the S&P 500 by nearly 2%--that's a lot--while all-male groups squeaked past the index by 0.56% and all-female groups by 0.28%. Why the difference? Mixed clubs were often formed by co-workers, who were used to achieving goals, while single-sex club members tended to be friends, who didn't want to criticize ideas and hurt one another's feelings...