Word: perring
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State Representative Ryan Barry, a Democrat, defends the commissions: “They are advocating for people who can’t afford lobbyists.” True, but the state is cutting services at the same time that it is paying commissioners up to $150,000 per year. For example, Rell wants to cut $1.4 million in subsidies for a LIFE STAR helicopter at Hartford Hospital. She could pay for this item with money saved by closing commissions. Then, Democrats could say they cut the fat before reaching into taxpayers’ pockets. Besides, most people would take...
...Corrales is quick to note that the region's trend toward "superpresidencies," which includes conservative leaders like Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, "is far from over." But Fernández - who does little to discourage comparisons to Eva Perón, the glamorous and powerful Argentine First Lady of the 1940s and '50s known as Evita - has had her clout both at home and abroad diminished to the point that Argentine pundits are even discussing whether she might soon resign. While that's unlikely, the rest of her term promises to be a slog, and her husband's widely discussed plans...
...typical father spends about seven hours per week in "primary child care," which doesn't sound like a lot until you realize it's more than twice as much as in 1965. Roughly 60% of male high school students told researchers they planned to cut their work hours when they become dads; the recession rushes the trend, as men get laid off at three times the rate of women and the division of labor gets a sudden jolt...
...sloppy is that triple Whopper with cheese? It has 1,250 calories, or 62.5% of the recommended 2,000-calories-per-day diet. The Fried Macaroni and Cheese from the Cheesecake Factory? Try 1,570 calories - according to health experts, you're better off eating a stick of butter...
...expect government intervention on the demand side - through education campaigns, tax incentives or targeted subsidies - to rein in our cravings. But in the energy arena, several states have already proved that rationalizing incentives on the supply side can transform the landscape. In most of the country, per capita electricity use has increased about 50% during the past three decades - despite conservation programs, efficiency incentives and the general rise of green. But in California and the Pacific Northwest, where state legislatures decoupled utility profits from sales volumes, electricity use has been flat. Instead of an incentive to sell more power...