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...recently, the situation has been worsened by outdated political thinking that does not match the needs of today's younger electorate, which demands labor reform and efficient economic policies. As a result, most Italians no longer trust members of the old political guard, whose main interest has been to pass laws to increase their already conspicuous benefits. When elections approach, they try to shift blame for mishandling the political agenda away from themselves, amid endless cases of corruption, immoral behavior and wasting of public resources. Rome, it's time to change. Giulio Cicconi, Teramo, Italy...
...Orders Dr. Sanjay Gupta reported on a study that concluded that alcohol and exercise may help your heart [Feb. 4]. Among other things, it found that those of us who exercise and don't drink alcohol are no better off than couch potatoes who drink moderately. This does not pass the smell test. I'm 61 years old, have exercised since high school and just don't like the taste of alcohol. I can probably outwalk drinking nonexercisers half my age, including the study's authors. Danny Bernstein, ASHEVILLE...
...barracks who promised to hunt him down. When Melissa hadn't heard anything by mid-afternoon, she called the barracks again and spoke to Sergeant Rory Martin, another outpatient. She asked him to check to see whether her husband had applied on Wednesday, as required, for his weekend pass. When they spoke again four hours later, Martin told Melissa that Cassidy had not applied for a weekend pass and that a knock on his door had gotten no response...
...workshops after school, with little opportunity to share knowledge or improve their practice. In a study of mathematics teaching and learning in Japan, Taiwan and the U.S., James Stigler and Harold Stevenson noted that "Asian class lessons are so well crafted [because] there is a very systematic effort to pass on the accumulated wisdom of teaching practice to each new generation of teachers and to keep perfecting that practice by providing teachers the opportunities to continually learn from each other...
...Harvard prepares to pour $1 billion into scientific research in Allston, a bill is expected to pass the Massachusetts legislature within the next few days that would provide $1 billion in public funds for cutting-edge life sciences research...