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...collapse of a Minneapolis highway bridge that killed 13 people in August, critics lashed out at the lack of federal spending on basic infrastructure maintenance. Remarkably, Congress nonetheless plans to earmark more than $2 billion in the transportation-appropriations bill for frivolous home-district projects. Here's a plate of pork projects from the bill's House and Senate versions that won't make our roads any safer...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dashboard: Oct. 1, 2007 | 9/20/2007 | See Source »

...Although the neighborhood experienced a period of political reshuffling this summer, other local officials say they have stepped up to the plate to ensure that the area does not lose negotiating power with the University...

Author: By Laura A. Moore, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Election Ends Political Anxiety | 9/14/2007 | See Source »

...rupees only," Bhola Ram declares solemnly, "special price for you." As I fish in my pockets for the equivalent of 25 cents that my meal will cost, he deftly smashes two kachoris - deep fried dumplings with a spicy potato filling - onto a paper plate. Next comes a dash of spicy mint chutney and a splash of red tamarind sauce, and garnish of sliced onions. I try not to think of the beads of sweat forming on his forearms and making their way down into my lunch. I pay him and take the plate, careful not to spill...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: No Free Lunch, But Don't Touch Our 25-cent Meal | 9/5/2007 | See Source »

...site of the first explosion, says he arrived at work just a half hour after a suicide bomber stepped onto a government bus ferrying Pakistan defense department employees to work. The force of the bomb was enough to sever electrical lines, disrupt phone services and shatter the mirrored plate-glass doors of Ahsan's office. His driveway was littered with "pieces of bodies," he says, but fortunately the explosion and subsequent fire did not ignite the wall of gas canisters he stores on the premises. "It was very dangerous. Thanks be to God that the bus was far enough away...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Assault on Musharraf's Power Base | 9/4/2007 | See Source »

...cash in the bonds that people don't use. At the same time, corporate America would need to play a critical role in a plan for universal national service. The private sector has contributed more than $1 billion to AmeriCorps. The private sector must step up to the plate in funding national service - after all, it benefits...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Time To Serve | 8/30/2007 | See Source »

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