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...creation. Mainline, evangelical and Roman Catholic organizations have united to push for immigration reform. The possibility that there is common ground to be colonized by those willing to look for it offers a tantalizing prospect of alliances to come, but only if Democrats can overcome concerns within their party. "One-third gets it," says a Democratic values pioneer, talking about the rank and file. "A second third understands that this can help us win. And another third is positively terrified...
...into the 21st century, yet roughly half the world's people live in makeshift homes in squatter settlements and work in shadow economies. In many countries, more than 80% of all homes and businesses are unregistered; in the Philippines, the figure is 65% and in Tanzania, 90%. More than one-third of the developing world's GDP is generated in the underground economy, a figure that has increased steadily over the past decade...
...while many women who have embraced the single life are, like Wasserstein, well educated and economically independent, they cross social and class lines. Last year the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University released a report showing that the marriage rate among women had fallen one-third since 1970 and that young women had become more pessimistic about their chances of wedding. "The reality is that marriage is now the interlude and singlehood the state of affairs," says Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, a co-director of the center. For this summer's study, Whitehead chose to focus on blue-collar women...
Still, by a more a two-to-one margin, potential parents said they opposed the one-third increase in the school day that the King and the Fletcher-Maynard have enacted. The study did not disaggregate the data to examine whether parents who applied to the two schools are more receptive to the idea of an eight-hour...
...premium to the Federal government, as part of their income taxes. They would choose their own private plans from a system very much like the one currently offered federal employees. But there would be two mandates: one for individuals and one for insurance companies. The individual mandate would require everyone to participate, especially those who can afford health insurance and choose not to buy it. (By most estimates, these mostly younger people represent one-third of the 47 million currently uninsured.) The destitute-those who receive Medicaid-would join the same system as everyone else; their health-care premiums would...