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...Weissman International Internship Program, which finances international internships for sophomores and juniors (who have secured their opportunities independently), funds only 30-odd students each year. For Zou, who located her internship at the House of Commons without help from Harvard but through a friend of a friend, the only option was to support herself for the entire summer...
...unglamorous cousin to 911, which had been clogged with nonemergency calls about stumbling drunks and yapping dogs. But as 311 spread across the U.S., it evolved twice. First, it became a means for cities to improve customer service by cataloging complaints and tracking response time--and a much easier option for residents than navigating individual city agencies. And now a few cities like Chicago, Dallas and Chattanooga, Tenn., are not only answering 311 calls but also analyzing the larger patterns that emerge from them. In those places, 311 has become a direct line into the urban consciousness...
...Class warrior. "All schools will be funded on the basis of need." King's School. "That's my goal - to give this country a government every bit as big and warm-hearted as the Australian people themselves." All my life. "Under our policy, young people will have just two options: they can be either learning or earning. No third option of just sitting around doing nothing." Pancreatitis...
...with a program as popular as Social Security and, if they have to, would prefer to consider alternative ideas. Thomas, who thinks Social Security may need to be funded with revenues other than payroll contributions, hinted that to ensure the program's solvency, Bush should consider raising taxes--an option the President rejects. Chiming in, Representative Jim McCrery of Louisiana, head of the Ways and Means subcommittee on Social Security, suggested raising the ceiling on payroll taxes, which are currently levied only on the first $90,000 a person earns. The White House opposes that...
...women, especially because it can prevent pregnancy after unprotected sex, but it is not an abortion. Emergency contraception can stop the egg fertilization and implantation necessary for pregnancy, but it has no effect on an implanted egg if a woman is already pregnant. It therefore provides an important option for women who want to avert pregnancy, especially if they do not want to choose abortion. Given that the drug’s effectiveness is directly linked to how soon after sex it is taken, making it available without a prescription is fundamental to maximizing that effectiveness. Otherwise women...