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...research dollars and dramatic, high-stakes hunts for culprits. It's a word that has lately been attached to autism. How else to account for the fact that a disorder that before 1990 was reported to affect just 4.7 out of every 10,000 American children now strikes 60 per 10,000, according to many estimates--the equivalent of 1 in 166 kids...
...very standards that Petraeus helped develop, it probably won't work in Baghdad. First of all, there aren't enough troops to do it. The counterinsurgency manual suggests a ratio of 20 troops per 1,000 residents, or 120,000 troops to secure Baghdad alone, but the largest "surge" being contemplated would increase the number of troops in the capital by 20,000, to about 35,000. Second, the troops we do have aren't trained to the task: they're tired and overextended, and it will take time to retrain them to knock on doors rather than kick them...
Gordon said that the existing 20-year plan would bring 4,500 jobs to laboratories and other facilities, as well as 700 to 800 construction jobs per year...
...distributing widely the responsibilities for both providing and funding coverage. As in Massachusetts, all but the smallest of businesses would have to pay to cover their employees, though the California plan would require employers to pay 4 percent of their wages toward healthcare, which could far exceed the $295 per employee maximum fee Bay State businesses pay toward healthcare...
...country that spends more money per person on healthcare than all other developed countries, and with the federal government seemingly content to perpetually drag its feet on healthcare reform, bold plans such as Schwarzenegger’s will have to carry the flag of progress. We applaud the Governator’s goals, and hope that through informed dialogue and hard-nosed compromise, they will result in much more than just hype...