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...California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger recently signed a measure terminating investment by the state's huge pension funds CalPERS and CalSTERS in companies doing business in Iran. At least 19 states, including New York, New Jersey, Texas, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Missouri and Louisiana, have proposed or passed laws requiring state pension-plan sponsors to divest from firms with business links to terrorism-sponsoring nations...
...Ickes was at it again, negotiating a change in party rules that would not be tested until 2008. In return for Jackson's support at the convention that summer, Michael Dukakis endorsed a complex plan that awarded delegates based on a candidate's proportion of the vote in every state. By doing away with winner-take-all primaries, the new rules prevented a front runner from wrapping up the nomination with a handful of wins in big, delegate-rich states. Underdog candidates could stay alive through the primaries, and perhaps even win the nomination, by collecting delegates in every contest...
...real. For example, here's her suggestion for how a workaholic spouse should confront a partner about secret credit-card bills: "You must be so stressed and lonely. I know my working late nights and on weekends contributed to this, big time! I want to help you with a plan for the credit card debt that's accumulated, probably from your 'weariness.'" Words not likely to ever be spoken. But Weil argues persuasively that from the beginning of the relationship, couples need to break through the broader societal taboo against discussing money openly. "Participating in a regular review...
...thought it was a chippy, physical game,” head coach Lisa Miller said. “I thought we hung in there and kept putting pressure on. We stayed on our game plan. We didn’t let any of the physicality throw...
...With widespread political strife, economic instability, massive poverty, and gruesome civil conflicts on their minds, these students say they plan to use their Harvard educations to make a contribution back home...