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...doctors until the recession hit and wage growth ground to an abrupt halt, posing the threat of real cuts to their Medicare reimbursements. To prevent that from happening to a constituency no politician likes to alienate - or, worse, having doctors cut services to patients - Congress in 2003 passed a one-year spending patch to fix the problem; six fixes later, that "temporary" solution has become an annual, bipartisan affair that hasn't solved the fundamental problem. So now, unless Congress acts, doctors are looking at a wage cut of 21% next year and 40% the year after...
...one-year delay has been an obstacle for graduate students whose dissertation research depends on data from the LHC, and on postdoctoral fellows and junior faculty hoping to secure appointments, said Stubbs...
...despite initial misgivings, the collegiate soccer scene is one of surprising regional parity, replete with traditional powerhouses and one-year wonders...
...cursory review of Afghan coverage completely disproves" the notion that it's a policy, she says, pointing out that reporters who are deeply critical of U.S. forces have been allowed to embed multiple times. The Rendon Group's media analysis, she went on, was part of a broader one-year, $1.5 million contract to ease some of the workload borne by coalition forces in the country - "perfectly normal" in a wartime context...
...Russia One Year On Tensions between Georgia and Russia are rising as the one-year anniversary of their bloody five-day war in South Ossetia approaches. Russia has beefed up its military presence on the Georgia--South Ossetia border in response to what officials call Georgian military provocations. Only Russia and Nicaragua recognize the independence of South Ossetia, where many Georgians still live in scattered enclaves...