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...stem cells that could potentially save lives--is murder. But the moral firmness of his campaign line makes wiggling now politically unseemly. It's particularly hard for him to consider changing his mind when, in his first week in office, he ended federal funding for overseas clinics that perform or promote abortions. Even though the money didn't directly pay for abortions, Bush argued that withholding the funds would promote a "culture of life." Would he turn his back on that culture...
...Bush's European visit exceeded expectations. One must give the Bush handlers high fives for having so very nimbly exploited a ploy first used at the time of the presidential candidates' debates. We continually hear how poorly Bush is expected to perform, and then there is exultation over how much better he has done. Thus we are all thrilled with the mediocrity and flawed accomplishments that can be trumpeted as triumph. A. ROY STUBBS Shelby...
...Since federal funding is to be directly linked to how schools perform on the yearly exams, states and districts will have an incentive to dumb down their tests. The education bill passed by the Senate solves this problem by requiring all states to also administer the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). If the schools in one state show dramatic progress on the yearly state exams but not on NAEP, that would indicate to the feds that the state tests are too easy. In my government class, at the end of the year all students took the College Board...
...Most of what comes out of analysts' mouths - especially the digestible version that most of us deal with - is drivel anyway. Like the ratings system - "Sell" ratings make up less than 2% of all ratings, with ratings like "hold," "neutral," or "market perform" standing in for the s-word. And the dot-com bust routinely saw stocks fall as much as 90% from their high before analysts removed their "buy" ratings...
...policy will take various factors into account when evaluating physicians groups, including patient surveys, exit interviews with patients who are switching doctors, as well as the quality of preventative care. Groups that perform well will receive a bonus of up to 10 percent of their quarterly payments - a fillip that was previously linked to much money the group had saved...